👉 Two notable examples of controversial human experimentation involve the infamous Tuskegee Syphilis Study, where African American men with syphilis were not informed about their diagnosis and had to wait for treatment even after penicillin became available, and more recent experiments that involved unethical testing of radiation therapy on mentally incapacitated patients without consent. These examples highlight how scientific inquiry sometimes conflicts with ethical standards in the name of research or societal benefit.
