Donating one's body to science seems like a beneficial sacrifice, but there is a dark underbelly to the industry. "Body brokers" are selling donated body parts- and it's all perfectly legal.

Resources:

"How to donate your body to science" by Lori Cuthbert- National Geographic

Department of Defense Memorandum: "Army Policy for Use of Human Cadavers for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Education or Training"

"How the body of an Arizona great-grandmother ended up as part of a U.S. Army blast test" by John Shiffman- Reuters

"A business where human bodies were butchered, packaged and sold" by John Shiffman, Reade Levinson, and Brian Grow- Reuters

"Gruesome tests on cadavers betray donors" by Michael Myer- SCU

Pamphlet: "Healthcare workers, unsung heroes"- Science Care

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