Guatemalans sue over 1940s US syphilis experiments

Guatemalans sue over 1940s US syphilis experiments - Health - Sexual health - msnbc.com: Guatemalans subjected to U.S. syphilis experiments in the 1940s are suing federal health officials to compensate them for health problems they have suffered. The lawsuit comes after revelations that U.S. scientists studying the effects of penicillin in the 1940s deliberately infected about 700 Guatemalan prisoners, mental patients, soldiers and orphans. None was informed or gave consent.