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Listener Mail: Martians, Hand-written Letters and Grave Robbing

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Medical schools and research institutions can legally buy human remains, even if the providence is often dodgy. India has for a long time, been the world's main source of bones used in medical studies. Western countries then turned to places like eastern europe and china. And that means that they often arrive without the informed consent of those people the skeletons back when they were alive. Often theyre received in violation of the laws of their country of origin.

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