The MIT Science Club

Weird Distractions

How far will humans go to try and figure something out? This week, the gals put their conspiracy theory hats back on and discuss the MIT Science Club. The club would offer children from the Fernald Centre a chance to be a part of something, and all they had to do was take some vitamins in their Quaker Oats cereal. However, what it was missing was proper consent and information as to what the ‘vitamins’ were. Tune in to hear more about this, and be advised of the trigger warning for this episode mentioned. Need a distraction? We got you.

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Resources:

• Smithsonian Magazine - “A Spoonful of Sugar Helps the Radioactive Oatmeal Go Down” - by Lorraine Boissoneault - March 8th, 2017 - https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/spoonful-sugar-helps-radioactive-oatmeal-go-down-180962424/
• Wikipedia - Eugenics - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics
• World Abandoned website - “Walter E Fernald State School – An Abandoned School in Massachusetts” - https://www.worldabandoned.com/walter-e-fernald-state-school
• Priceonomics website - “The Dark Secret of the MIT Science Club for Children” - by Zachary Crockett - https://priceonomics.com/the-mit-science-club-for-disabled-children/
• http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/NucEne/radexp.html
• Google search: ‘Conspiracy Theory Definition’ - provided by Oxford Languages
• Wikipedia - ‘United States of America Atomic Energy Commission’ - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Atomic_Energy_Commission
• YouTube video - “Fernald’s Science Club. This Dark World” - uploaded by user This dark world of ours - May 10th, 2018
• YouTube video - “Quaker Oats Fed Children Radioactive Oatmeal” - uploaded by user illuminaughtii - April 8th, 2020
• Washington Post article - “Radioactive Oatmeal Suit Settled for $1.85 Million” - author and date not listed - https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1998/01/01/radioactive-oatmeal-suit-settled-for-185-million/93894a5a-5844-4544-aca2-ffe4e52030b3/

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