Nation IN BRIEF : TENNESSEE : Suit for Radiation Test Victims Filed
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Three women who say they were fed a solution containing radioactive iron as part of a nutrition study filed a lawsuit in Nashville on behalf of more than 800 women. The suit seeks damages from Vanderbilt University, its medical center and others for deaths, illnesses and emotional suffering by women involved in the study from 1945 to 1949. Emma Craft, Helen Hutchison and her daughter, Barbara Hutchison, are also seeking medical care and access to records of the experiments.
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