Peter Buxtun, whistleblower who compared Tuskegee syphilis study to Nazi atrocities, dies at 86
Buxtun died from Alzheimer’s disease in Rocklin, California, on May 18, although his passing was only reported this week. He was 86.
Peter Buxtun, a former employee of the U.S. Public Health Service, became known as the whistleblower responsible for ending the Tuskegee syphilis experiment.(photo credit: Courtesy Johns Hopkins Berman Institute of Bioethics)ByANDREW SILOW-CARROLL/JTA
