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Anonymous
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SEC. 1078. RESTRICTIONS ON THE USE OF HUMAN SUBJECTS FOR TESTING OF CHEMICAL OR BIOLOGICAL AGENTS. (a) PROHIBITED ACTIVITIES.—The Secretary of Defense may not conduct (directly or by contract)— (1) any test or experiment involving the use of a chemical agent or biological agent on a civilian population; or (2) any other testing of a chemical agent or biological agent on human subjects. (b) EXCEPTIONS.—Subject to subsections (c), (d), and (e), the prohibition in subsection (a) does not apply to a test or experiment carried out for any of the following purposes: (1) Any peaceful purpose that is related to a medical, therapeutic, pharmaceutical, agricultural, industrial, or research activity. (2) Any purpose that is directly related to protection against toxic chemicals or biological weapons and agents. (3) Any law enforcement purpose, including any purpose related to riot control. (c) INFORMED CONSENT REQUIRED.—The Secretary of Defense may conduct a test or experiment described in subsection (b) only if informed consent to the testing was obtained from each human subject in advance of the testing on that subject.
Please, use your brain. If you actually read it you see the section that allows testing reads "Subject to subsections (c), (d), and (e)". Interesting that you failed to post the first of these subsections, "c", which states that informed consent must be obtained from the prospective test subject prior to testing.
Now, I am well aware of the fact that the U.S. Government has done a great deal of testing on human subjects without consent, but when you discuss this subject, please be a little more intelligent about it. The average American already feels that people who think such things are complete wack-jobs. When you post something such as "The U.S. government can test chemicals and biological agents on living, unconsenting humans for nearly any purpose they desire." and say that this law is proof, you make us all appear to be ill informed.
The fact is, our government doesn't follow the laws anyway.
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