What are Some Notable Historical Events Leading to Mistrust?
One of the most well-known examples is the Tuskegee Syphilis Study, conducted between 1932 and 1972 by the U.S. Public Health Service. In this study, African American men with syphilis were deliberately left untreated to observe the natural progression of the disease, without their informed consent. Another notorious instance is the Henrietta Lacks case, where cells were taken from a Black woman without her consent and used for extensive research, leading to the development of the HeLa cell line.
