Parents left kids alone sparked debate and legal change
The Schoo family case from Chicago suburbs inspired tougher child neglect laws. Diana and Nicole, then 4 and 9, were left home alone nine days while parents vacationed in Mexico. The School pled guilty to neglect, received two years probation, relinquished parental rights, sold their home, filed for bankruptcy, and now face continuing legal and personal fallout.
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Vanderbilt radiated pill study burden on pregnant women in 1940s
Nashville reporters note Vanderbilt University gave radioactive pills to 751 pregnant women in the 1940s to study radiation effects, with a 1960s follow up linking three children’s deaths to the treatment. Department of Energy seeks details on the experiments. records were kept then destroyed in the 1970s.
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Vanderbilt University
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Department
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Wayne Wood
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