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The business of human body parts

"ICIJ launches today its new investigation “Skin & Bone: The Shadowy Global Trade in Human Body Parts.” A team of reporters spent eight months, across 11 countries, exploring the little-known trade in medical implants made from cadavers."

"Their investigation found the business of recycling dead humans has grown so large over the past decade that you can buy stock in publicly traded companies that rely on corpses for their raw materials."

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