Organization
Anti-Brucellosis Dispensary No. 4
Clinic the Soviet military built in 1957 to watch local people for radiation effects, according to Togzhan Kassenova; replaced in 1991 by an institute for radiation medicine.
- Also known as
- Dispensary No. 4
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involved in
- Soviet nuclear tests at Semipalatinsk built by the Soviet military in 1957, according to Togzhan Kassenova Scholarship & press 1
became
- Scientific Research Institute for Radiation Medicine and Ecology 1991 Scholarship & press 1
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Proof 1 source
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The lasting toll of Semipalatinsk's nuclear testing (Togzhan Kassenova), Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 28 Sep 2009.
Scholarship & press
In 1957, the military built the Anti-Brucellosis Dispensary No. 4, purportedly to monitor tuberculosis infections in the area. In reality, though, the facility was built to secretly observe the impacts of radiation exposure from nuclear testing on local people.
Today, bitterly, locals note that they were nothing more than “guinea pigs” in a grandiose experiment.
Today, the Scientific Institute of Radiation Medicine and Ecology in Semipalatinsk, which replaced the Soviet Union’s Anti-Brucellosis Dispensary No. 4 in 1991 continues to conduct research on the effects of the testing as well as provide treatment to local residents
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