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Did the government poison a city? Inside the Army’s secret tests in St. Louis | Vargas Reports
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7:30Now PlayingNewsNation’s Natasha Zouves investigates a secret U.S. Army experiment in St. Louis, where a mysterious fog once drifted through a neighborhood of more than 10,000 people. Residents say they didn't know they were being sprayed with a chemical containing cadmium, a known carcinogen. Decades later, many believe they were used as “human test subjects.” The Army admits to the spraying but denies it caused harm.
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