Artificial Blood Experiment:

[Lavinco]

I just saw this shit on 20/20 where certain city hospitals are going to give artificial blood to unsuspecting patients unless they wear a stupid wrist band 24/7 that says they opt themselves out of this experiment.

It is suspected thus far that the artificial blood causes heart attacks and even death.

Is Your City Participating?


The story;

By ASA R. ESLOCKER and ASTRID HILL

July 7, 2006 — Northfield Lab's experimental blood substitute Polyheme is currently in randomized phase III clinical trials recruiting patients without informed consent all over the country. At one point, it was being tested in as many as 27 cities; it is still being tested in 23 hospitals in 20 cities.

With the FDA's approval, Northfield Lab has recruited hospitals to participate in the trial study with exemption from informed consent requirements on study participants. Although Northfield Lab claims that extensive information on the study has been made public, a vast majority of the general public has never heard of the trial.

Below is a list of the cities and hospitals that are currently participating in the Polyheme trials. Check the list to see if you live an area where you could become a trial participant without your informed consent.

To opt out of the study, contact Northfield Labs (http://www.northfieldlabs.com/contact.html) or a participating hospital and request a blue bracelet. If worn, you will be exempt from the trial.

California

UC San Diego Medical Center, San Diego, Calif.; No longer recruiting
Scripps Mercy, San Diego, Calif.; No longer recruiting

Colorado
Denver Health Medical Center, Denver, Colo.

Delaware
Christiana Hospital, Newark, Del.

Georgia
Medical Center of Central Georgia, Macon, Ga.

Illinois
Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Ill.

Indiana
Wishard Memorial Hospital, Indianapolis, Ind.
Methodist Hospital of Indiana, Indianapolis, Ind.

Kansas
University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kan.

Kentucky
University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Ky.

Michigan
Detroit Receiving Hospital, Detroit, Mich.
Sinai Grace Hospital, Detroit, Mich.

Minnesota
The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.

New York
Albany Medical Center, Albany, N.Y.; Suspended

North Carolina
Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C.

Ohio
MetroHealth Medical Center, Cleveland, Ohio; Suspended
University of Cincinnati Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
Miami Valley Hospital, Dayton, Ohio

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/story?id=2166058&page=1

[MinkyGirl]

I just got done watching that too. I can't believe they can actually 'volunteer' unconscious trama victims into a study without consent. I was really mad when they said even if you were conscious, they wouldn't inform you what they were doing, let alone get permission. Makes me wonder what other loopholes are lurking in American rights...

[Badgerman]

Should use it in the battlefield first........

[Kärnfysikern]

Its bullshit that they do that without telling people. But its also exciting that we are so close to beeing able to make synthetic blood.