The Tuskegee syphilis study was one of the most notorious biomedical experiments in U.S. history. In 1972, Jean Heller of the Washington Evening Star wrote a front-page story titled “Syphilis Patients Died Untreated,” making the experiment public knowledge and bringing shame to the U.S. Public Health Service for their 40-year conspiracy. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/news/the_black_diaspora_news/26324
