Landmines and Cadavers

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Donated bodies blown up by Army
Tulane suspends deal with cadaver broker

When Tulane University found itself with a temporary oversupply of cadavers that had been donated to science a few years ago, the school did what it usually does: It called a cadaver broker.

Tulane said it assumed the broker would ship the bodies to other universities, where medical students would dissect them.

Instead, the broker sold the bodies to the Army, and the Army blew them up in land-mine experiments.

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Tulane's experience with National Anatomical Service illustrates a growing tension within the medical community. At the center of the conflict are bodies donated to science, how they are used and who makes money from them.

These tensions came into hideous relief last weekend, when the director of the University of California-Los Angeles' body donor program was arrested by campus police, accused of illegally selling body parts to medical companies. Campus police raided the home of Henry Reid, searched his property for several hours and left with several boxes of evidence.
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the rest of this article goes into details such as Profits, What's Legal or Not, Who Is Doing It, etc.

So, you donate your dad's body to science (univ.) and it ends up being blown up by the military so they can test boots. what a shitty thing to do.

First time I ever heard of cadaver brokers. I must get out more.