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U.S. Nuclear Agency’s grisly tests on monkeys

The experiments, conducted for the US Defense Nuclear Agency…….

Monkeys blown up in grisly tests, Northern Territory News, BEN LANGFORD, September 10th, 2010 INPEX is relying on experiments where monkeys, dogs, sheep and ducks were suspended in water and blown up by explosives to test the effects of marine blasting.

The experiments, conducted for the US Defense Nuclear Agency in 1973, form the basis of Inpex’s information about damage to marine animals.

The sheep were wearing face masks connected to air pipes to keep them alive until the blast.

Inpex plans to conduct 1300 blasts in Darwin Harbour over 14 months. About 120,000 cubic metres of rock would be removed from Walker Shoal to make the channel deep enough for tanker ships…….

Environment Centre NT co-ordinator Stuart Blanch said the tests were not accurate for Darwin sea life.

“A dolphin is not a sheep … or a monkey,” he said.

Monkeys blown up in grisly tests | Northern Territory News | Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia | ntnews.com.au

September 10, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Northern Territory, religion and ethics | antinuclear, Australia, nuclear