# @newsnation on YouTube

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- **Original URL:** https://youtube.com/watch?v=Bg60W-7aV0Q
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- **Posted:** 2025-11-01T20:00:07.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NewsNation (@newsnation) — https://gondola.cc/newsnation

## Caption

What if the U.S. government secretly experimented on unsuspecting Americans – pregnant women, children, and hospital patients – using radioactive materials?

In this episode of The Truth of the Matter, Natasha Zouves continues her conversation with Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Eileen Welsome, author of The Plutonium Files. Her groundbreaking reporting helped crack open a series of Cold War–era human radiation experiments—including:

* Pregnant women given radioactive “cocktails”
* Orphan boys at a Massachusetts school fed radioactive oatmeal
* Cincinnati cancer patients subjected to whole-body radiation, many dying within weeks
 
Welsome explains how these experiments came to light following her investigation into the 18 Americans injected with plutonium, what the tests reveal about government secrecy, and why this history remains a cautionary tale for us all.

#TruthOfTheMatter #NatashaZouves #EileenWelsome #PlutoniumFiles #HumanExperiments #ColdWarSecrets #USGovernment #RadiationExposure #InvestigativeJournalism #HiddenHistory #GovernmentCoverup #EthicsInScience #StLouisExperiments #EbbCade #RadioactiveOatmeal #TheyDidWhat #DarkHistory #USSecrets


The Truth of the Matter with Natasha Zouves isn’t just another podcast — it’s a fight to uncover what powerful institutions want hidden. From secret human experiments the government carried out on unsuspecting citizens to toxic cover-ups poisoning communities, Emmy and Murrow Award-winning journalist Natasha Zouves brings you the stories people in power don’t want told.

Each week, we expose evidence buried in archives, amplify the voices of those who’ve been silenced, and hold the powerful accountable. From radioactive “oatmeal experiments” on children, to cancer causing chemicals destroying farms, to veterans erased from history — these are the stories that matter.

This is journalism that refuses to look away. The Truth of the Matter is about transparency, and justice for the people left behind.


Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/truthofthematterpod/

Find host Natasha Zouves:

https://www.instagram.com/natashazouves/

https://www.tiktok.com/@natashazouves

https://www.facebook.com/natashanzouves/


WATCH Part 1 of our conversation with Eileen Welsome: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTCRq8ktkXM&list=PL6PrA6lo8rJIaFbc0VZfFz4xcY8d6vaR6 

READ the full St. Louis investigation: https://www.newsnationnow.com/us-news/military/did-government-poison-st-louis/

WATCH the St. Louis investigation Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7_-G_q3wEc&t=1s

WATCH the St. Louis investigation Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upYvUe6hWEk&t=817s


You can find “The Truth of the Matter” wherever you listen to your podcasts: 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-truth-of-the-matter-with-natasha-zouves/id1804707066

https://open.spotify.com/show/2iQ85VHlMmBfLBaTtSp8tF


This podcast is put together by:
Ryan Kerr
Natasha Zouves
Allie Purser

Edited by:
Maria Morales Salazar


NewsNation is your source for fact-based, unbiased news for all America. 

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Chapter Summary:
00:00-2:03 – Uncovering Human Experiments by the U.S. Government
2:04-5:07 – Radioactive Iron Given to 800+ Pregnant Women
5:08-7:46 – A Look Into “The Plutonium Experiment”
7:47-10:22 – Radioactive Oatmeal Given to Orphans
10:23-16:14 – The Motive Behind Human Experiments on Americans
16:15-18:49 – Radiation Experiments on Cancer Patients in Cincinnati
18:50-END – Exposed Human Experiments “A Cautionary Tale”

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## Tags

eileenwelsome, ussecrets, governmentcoverup, ethicsinscience, truthofthematter, usgovernment, coldwarsecrets, natashazouves, ebbcade, radiationexposure, stlouisexperiments, radioactiveoatmeal, humanexperiments, plutoniumfiles, theydidwhat, hiddenhistory, darkhistory, investigativejournalism

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