TH ALBUQUERQUE TRIBUNE / THE PLUTONIUM EXPERIBAENT. JOHN MOUSSO — “HP-6” Jobn Mousso and bis wife, Rese, made tbe front page of the Bast Rochester Pst Herald when they celebrated hr 50h wedi amniersay. The couple wes el ube Dy nekghbors in Bas Rochester But ness ales deg fob. “He was aways sick was bard on al of "4 "saps hisson, Robert Meus, ‘MY GOD, WHERE’S THE HUMANITY? John Mousso’s family and friends still can’t believe his government used him as a guinea pig in plutonium experiments. AST ROCHESTER,N. — Heleftotronz plage with his name eico¥on no scrng angels on cert ne, ‘ay bests oping cones. "Fhough neta ended sot 1 yea his egcy can be found ah rblng breath of wong men ie bee inthe voles ofthese okchard men wh did th ie ‘te snot an in of Ea Roches cree "When speak of fhe Maus, youl eget sx him secpng ot tof al shoveling sow fo th sep ofS oes enpoing oe ny mete alo ay Sess ue En, Oak and icky. "Mouswosuflred fom Aan sn en adel gland err b= quem made hi nauseated eae andy He was and ou oop ‘SCSutke managed pall opts normal kind fe, Ths fe ha nla Rose, is wile best end and son, Raber, 2 ‘wor hae wth occ inte basemen, ends and an cecal tne of pice “And someting ce. For ears, ows ved witptoiam ialatng tough ised, ‘nghim 8 tne he nian snmp cvs nate. ie was bar in 901, when sebotsplied e inge Laks tl bars ‘ube down the Ei Carl Me edn 1984 he ag fy ears afer the final hamerelin the village yard here he ud ea were ‘Rye and tects ued om he pao fy were coe sr ‘The tines iad every par of his ea presence ht cast tadow cr everthing — is Work and os ofa hs amy "Before was sk be was ala woking. When he wag sick he was NOVEMBER 17,983oven $7; 9090°5 TRIBUNE / ‘TH PLUTONTUM EXPERIMENT pace on Jobn Mews Gar le) was. carpenter, a machinist, even a constable and frigher before be deeloped ukdson's seas. “He bad a fot of efrespect, "says bis nephew, Jory’ MoUs stvasinowptls” said Rober Mou, hes son He wacalays sk was atonal rong ober’ caest memos are thes psbeand is mater noua Chet onSundsto it is tberat thehospia, Aero y woald oto theo or tke ma ple show goat eve tr es ohn was dagose in 1945 wih AS sonst anes casedby th po [penive ao ft core ote cr je oft rl dance, The ea Fonds secret Hormones that help the ea) cope with ses, Drugs are ted {ey worelacetemisiaghertoones An teteaed pono igor Asc’ ‘Soros wld ely een eta ‘fe ded ut slay allover” on ‘esi id “face wa ark tices di cae pa acre tere eons Hesergu- {aarti son anderen inthe ot Sinmer month, be wore longleve ‘hrs anagram ha Export te Snead cs dara md pbs, Tivntld iascausedby the Adon cdoewe Te tld kee son” Robert se “re tics injected withthe highly rahnctve melas experienced oat ‘Bes or in cloning Emer At Seok ut in rah shy afer hein ns cn Jc Spct si Scale (Caton han ard brow, he ang ‘erm sd ft towork neeamhon Soin spent isin East Rochester ‘lage ste mes eastof Roches NY, Site populton today of abou 7.00 ronle The Moussos were among Trogir Candin lis whoo Bde. Bere formor un ye ‘nally sete nthe Adrodaeh to wrk ‘Slama and miners May mig ‘Sto Ea Rocher hea oft "heron Ss where efigertor es ere alt "leone of chien bean working onthe ans nthe lag aps wi Se waar tne od bo sin apd single and he was trem Free canbop Jb wet works a Sourlg Dose faker te “Pano Sora tingorbary fcr ha on ‘Shmpoed te ges“ manuf frie wend trys machine, wn coms ‘NoooceJoasfeeotortingsh the faittine pbs when Addison diese novel lastoup es I yaad Times Wena goon welfare Rober HOW WE FOUND JOHN The ral edn 0 teeny of "HP-8” wa one ofthe most seutghjertand pate we lloved ‘hein: Marhose forme palin Rochester NY folds. ‘Frasers we had ene locate hr Me 1k oa rage in oe ea rn terhuse sa she mune Mess had fy, Wego ast ofl le Mops inn nh Rocher oes roma oa geen ‘ban colig thom. Z Thrace sad Gr ery” Mota ote schol nino He ov rhe telephone amber oc arte oe Rater Mons hols ema om ute Rochester, Tiel oer Mouse ha fee a Adon cane te fiction "HP" afr es, Chrisie Waterhouse asia ‘Tein plysicton tn yes hs father was frequent o patent a san a Sons Memoria Hos uss mame dring one of he ‘Sng Manor Hopi. Tn bho weno Robert sad fer sein doc mci we mado him vs the experiment. herein akan ‘ile bt Fino mel mp God wer he ani do some ‘hg ike a? ei Meche mated bythe information Raber tl us fr schon lenin at het mit ano cooperate nhs ‘after warp mane sid. Hes ne appears ‘ant fter to hei privacy tuto oo aphe ery dageed.“st have at fe ingle want ior i. Ts guy ws fier had (eran he nb nt ie rae. 7h docs an injustice to each oe othe peopl edi the 0 called sat on aio te pope co Prpese ‘Bieocen pple whee nes? "he sedTHE ALDUQUERQUE TRIBUNE / THE PLUTONTUM EXPERIMENT. Robert Mousso, shown bere with wife, Peg, was sbocled to learn bis father, Job, ‘aad been injected wi plutonium at Strong Memorial Hesptal n the mid 40s “He told me more than once that the Stromg saved bi hf," Robert says. _NovEM@ER 17,3093, “ft’s the same thing they were using the Jews for. I think it’s inhuman and I think the dirty bastards should be executed,” Joseph Archanbo Longtime frend of John Mousso rman and undoubtedly embarrassed by the fnaetal Sts fod tase “Heda of tees Hews obvious worker and independent pen, ancl arctan nscale ont ‘him devastating ois pride bea ‘Sl he joysof ermayIvng were ratload oo ‘heal etely They wea on vcations and picnics ‘wth te feighbors. oi edo But der peasants ‘drabbite He ahodat wea Cones ke Head ‘swf, Rose, een played car wih ieirlong- ‘ie nsighton, To and Doody 0B. He pever complain two much about anything He wasn't good, but he would’. complain” sid Ted Orie x oa wife, Rose, was the coe who held he fail together ald O'Brien, who met Jo in 1929. "She ws devoted to fim, He couldn et Bete care. ‘hot Rose was sn” | (On Dec, 14, 1945, Join was admited to Stons Memorial Hospital the teaching bomptl of he Un ‘en of Rochester School of Medicine and Det, or eatment of numerous info sone te ee Jn, wh was thc 4, responded o conserva treatment and studies bepan during comalescence "coring toa ormory cai Ls Alaros Nato ‘Taber report ‘On Fe I 4st sb wees aero was dig sowed with Addison's sess, a syringe load ih Poni 239 vas jected ni is es. He was he Eich of 11 patents to be ijt in he spt Repnon 948 ad 946 os Alsmos Nana! Laboratory, which hadi bavi othe iajeeton program When the fis om, ombuasbeing uit i te chemi ames toni fond i th rine, tol ad ood samples ‘Stibe Rocheser pats Ure was collected in gallo its and pre served wth fama. Stal samples were ‘in ter beakers Scientists dacovered trough ‘ood samples hath ltrs eve ne pate, Inching Joo, rap dened during the fist st. trees asthe raise metal moved wo he lve and selcon "The suds continued afer the inetion. Joba seturned the hepa about ear ate and isi “Sohn was clogs snd menared fr piu con: {Ge He earned for years and our roche ard ‘Sots leaned he pluonsum euaing nis boy id dopey tal. Raber well as many of Jobo close nds, ad John ever mentioned plutei. Bu John itll, ‘many of is ren nd eighdors athe was oe of ‘soup of people receiving experimental thenpy at Sa a aaa—eeeeeeeeEeEeEeEEE—————— NovewseR 17, 1903 ‘trong Memoria Hospital for his Ad- Sons disease, Pellets were periodically inserted back, betel them 11973, photograph and story onthe frontpage ofthe East Rochester Pos- Hera featured John and Rose on their Sth wedding anniversary. Already ia their 70s at tha ime, ey wer sober ooking couple with oly te fut poss bilo sie plying over tei lips. “If Jouve aot fan ove, a marrags 2anbe long lasting” the artcle begins, “The same year they celebrate thei -sovanniverary,Jobnretrmed 0 Sto, Memorial Hospi as partofa follow Siady being coordinated by Argonne National eaboratory near Chicago, He fvas hospital fom une 211 uly 1 1973. “The studies revealed that plutonium injected into on 27 years eater was sil (detectable is rine, stools and bod. Ins later paper, Paria Durbin. a cen ttt Lawrence Beeley Laboratory, cal ‘uted that "HP-6" — John — was one Stsixpltonium patients who received fadaton dows tote bane "high enough {obeconsiered carcinogenic In that 199 eset paper, Durbin entist ‘estimate John’s that might induce bone tor “hn was oldin the mid “Os ead own injected with one of te most tone ‘Cancer producing substances. And three endear tetra was covered up fo the second tine. Tle did not signa writen consent form at by the "7 as required of al con {tacts such s Argonne National Labo- ecoing oan sternal ini in 174 by he Atomic Energy Commisson. Robert Loeb, spokesman forthe Uni versity of Rochester Medial Cente, sid bay pets involved in excretion ses intbemeaboic unit would nothive been fequired by the hospital to sign an Informed consent form. "Afer the investigation, the AEC ordered the physicians ofthe three su- ‘ving patent fo for them of the p> {onium injections. But Christine Wat house, 8 paysican who was at Strong “Mererial Hospital and care fo Joo or ‘many years, said in an inital thats didnot el Jn of the plutonium Injection St never discussed this wth him that ‘an remember. dont think 1 had any eto sca this problem with im.” "Waterhouse a young research llow a ‘rong Memorial Hospital at theme of ‘he it nections, said be dn lea tout the experiment unl afer the fat “He Gln) had no side effec that 1 oul everfind” se sid. “Teouldn veer Find any probiem associated with the Adminisiation of plutonium that was ‘Waterhouse also said John wouldyt hye cated even ihe had known about ‘he jection 1m sre it woulda’ make tay diffrence to John Mousso if he got or not. He idea” ‘When asked why, Waterhouse sid ‘pecause new him well He became a fiend as well a patent. He liked me nd ied him “You just don't know what effect the plutonium had on him. It certainly didn’t do him any good. | wonder if down through the years a lot of his sickness wasn't caused by that plutonium.” Robert sade was suprised by Water house remarks "Thats prety evasive wen she says they were good friends ‘You can daw lot fom tht answer” be sid "i don’t know if my father and er tale toner Ion know ithe sai, Go {old John ofthe jection “can't sare {fl tlm or not 1 do’ thin 1 would ‘estat tll him, but dont know if ever di or not. I just an’ remember. think hat ther te families, of most of the paints, were told. "do hink meant enough oe a hat neo carry itfor 40 years what ‘veritas, 30,tgues” "Waterhouse also eoafirmed iat sf as she knew Jon roeved free medical ‘are. But she aid she dda know who Jerry Mousso John Mousso's nephew paid forthe medal ae or why tas Fe Sombody sad ty sbi ne FSowtioor boa ate Spl who ws presen tenn o Roeser tine he Bop cis we cone de telorltieuiery pai the md ‘alae of elon platontn oni econ show that Joh was infeed of te necton nd pnd ‘clone satemet on Ave 281974 Sad Raber Lac, pate rhs trey of Rocker Medea Cone Shy Bonbon a ied Secreted an of of media ere, Loeb said. - 3 “Youu donno what he fet be pltonim hd o hit certainly dia ‘ohim any good" sud Jerry Mousso, Sohn’ nepew. “T-wonder if down ‘i ani bier Parrot ree Jerry Mousco thinks ‘is Uncle Job would ‘ave been outraged bead be learned what bad been done tobim, ‘Ttbink be would be indignant, just ike Im indignant,” be says ‘hough the years a lot oFhis sickness ‘wasn'ta by hat plonum anda ot ‘ofthe earache th family fet” Healse questioned whether his uncle seecived appropriate rei care fer his [Radison's disease "ou wonder how much time was devoted tothe sy and Fw much ime devoted his weatment for Addison’ diners” esi "Rober, though, sa his father was ‘extremely enthusiastic about Stone ‘emeoral Hosptal"The onl thing got togocmabouthis medical cares wha he fold me. And he was very stisfed with, the Strong, He old me more than one thatthe Sttong saved his fe. That iit trast forthe Strong he wouldnt be bee ut Jerry compared the experiment the trotes commited the Nazis dr ing ord War" don hw what else tetompare ith” he sid Tyrell tect sur that they weren' semencing {hse peopl to acrty death That wy they did testy” "asep Arehatbo longtime rend of Jin agresd, I the same ting they ‘per usngthe Bes for he sai "think ity inhuman tink the dy bastards Should be executed. Jot and his son, Robert goalong best during he ast sx years of his if. Siting ‘on apple eats inthe back yard they d ‘atthe water spillover the garden plant and alk “Hethalkaboutthing edi salad” Robt sid. Rose ded on Aug 4, 1980, and John vaste apoter four years fone and Stunned hath, who had ben so close to ‘death forso many yeas outived his wie He eariod Rose wedding ring in his ‘wallet and began sleeping i her be oom,“ Tost my closest fiend” he was (quoted as ying inthe local newspoper John was prety lonesome afer she vas gone sald Ted O'Brien. "used to poorer this ose two orthre nights 2 ‘reek and tll him something someone (din the Fire Depart pet him to Inughing hen po home again” ‘Daring thie marrage. John-chaul- feared Rose wherever she wanted 0B. ‘Ace her death, be would rush home ‘Nasevere ad diner at Robert shouse {ite were wating for the pokeme-up ‘al fom Rose. Tenever cane On May 6, 1984, when most ofthe plano fctores had moved 1 Asa, and Fileoe rolled from the ence-langing Yards ofthe carhops, fon died in the Fania dark of Rose's room, "A “natural death” the Funeral home said a PAGE DL