9 Huge Government Conspiracies That Actually Happened

[The Straight Story]

1. The U.S. Department of the Treasury poisoned alcohol during Prohibition — and people died.

By mid-1927, however, the U.S. government added much deadlier chemicals — kerosene, chloroform, and acetone among those most well known — which made alcohol more difficult to render consumable again. Adding 10% more methyl alcohol caused the worst efforts.

2. The U.S. Public Health Service lied about treating black men with syphilis for more than 40 years.

In 1932, the Public Health Service collaborated with the Tuskegee Institute to record the history of syphilis in the black male community, hoping to justify a treatment program.


3. More than 100 million Americans received a polio vaccine contaminated with a potentially cancer-causing virus.

From 1954 to 1961, simian virus 40 (SV40) somehow showed up in polio vaccines, according to the American Journal of Cancer. Researchers estimate 98 million people in the U.S. and even more worldwide received contaminated inoculations.

More at link:
http://www.businessinsider.com/true-government-conspiracies-2013-12#ixzz2pLiHc3eS

[newfie11]

1. Fascinating

Maybe someday we will know the truth about 9/11, JFK, etc.
It won't be in my lifetime I'm sure.