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Infamous Cases: Radiation Tests on Mentally Impaired Boys
 
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The experiments were performed at the Fernald State School in Massachusetts. Researchers from Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology fed radioactive forms of iron and calcium to the boys, sometimes in their breakfast milk, to study the body's ability to digest minerals.