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Edwards was one of 60,000 enlisted men enrolled in a once-secret government program -- formally declassified in 1993 -- to test mustard gas and other chemical agents on American troops. But there was a specific reason he was chosen: Edwards is African-American. "They said we were being tested to see what effect these gases would have on black skins," Edwards says [...] According to declassified records and reports published soon after, three types of experiments were done: Patch tests, where liquid mustard gas was applied directly onto test subjects' skin; field tests, where subjects were exposed to gas outdoors in simulated combat settings; and chamber tests, where men were locked inside gas chambers while mustard gas was piped inside.
"They said we were being tested to see what effect these gases would have on black skins," Edwards says [...]
According to declassified records and reports published soon after, three types of experiments were done: Patch tests, where liquid mustard gas was applied directly onto test subjects' skin; field tests, where subjects were exposed to gas outdoors in simulated combat settings; and chamber tests, where men were locked inside gas chambers while mustard gas was piped inside.
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