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Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments
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<p>The Advisory Committee on Human Radiation Experiments was established in 1994 to investigate questions of the record of the United States government with respect to human radiation experiments. The special committee was created by <a href="/facts/President_of_the_United_States/oMsfmLb1">President</a> <a href="/facts/Bill_Clinton/x5mwYkVh">Bill Clinton</a> in <a href="/facts/Executive_order_(United_States)/JwJJXBar">Executive Order</a> 12891, issued January 15, 1994. <a href="/facts/Ruth_Faden/sayaQtzy">Ruth Faden</a> of The Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics chaired the committee. </p><p>The thousand-page final report of the Committee was released in October 1995 at a <a href="/facts/White_House/CJQc7dKF">White House</a> ceremony. </p>