World: U.S. infected Guatemalans with syphilis in ’40s; now they’re sorry
- 696 people were infected during the disturbing 1940s study
- 1946 The U.S. begins a scary sounding syphilis experiment in Guatemala, infecting prison inmates, women and mental patients with the STD. Because that’s ethical.
- 2010 An author researching a similar test at Tuskegee discovers the study and informs the U.S. government, who’s very sorry for doing that. Really sorry. source