What is Your Body Worth?

YOU'RE WORTH MORE DEAD THAN ALIVE WHAT IS YOUR BODY WORTH? PAIR OF EYEBALLS SCALP $607 $1,525 SKULL W/TEETH $1,200 SHOULDER CORONARY ARTERY $500 $1,525 HEART LIVER $119,000 $157,000 HAND & FOREARM $385 PINT OF SPLEEN BLOOD $508 $25 $337 STOMACH $508 KIDNEY SMALL INTESTINE $15,000 $62,000 $2,519 $262,000 GALLBLADDER SKIN $1,219 $10 PER SQ. INCH WHY DOES THE BLACK MARKET FOR BODY PARTS EXIST? IN THE U.S. ALONE, ABOUT 113,100 INDIVIDUALS ARE CURRENTLY WAITING FOR AN ORGAN TRANSPLANT. 18 PEOPLE 14,144 ORGANS WERE DIE WAITING FOR A DONATED IN 2011 TRANSPLANT EACH DAY SCIENCE IS SEEKING BODIES, TO0: 11,000 BODIES WERE DONATED TO RESEARCH IN 2011. ENTER THE BLACK MARKET: ONE STOP SHOPPING FOR: BLOOD BONES BODY PARTS IN THE U.S. ALONE: OVER THE PAST 25 YEARS, OVER 1,700 $6 MILLION FAMILIES REPORTED IN ESTIMATED PROFITS LOVED ONES' BODIES CHANGED HANDS FOR BEING STOLEN. STOLEN BODY PARTS. HOW DOES IT ALL WORK? A BROKER WILL SOLICIT PARTS MAY BE REMOVED FUNERAL HOMES TO ILLEGALLY AND THEN THE BODY IS SEWN PROVIDE PARTS FOR PAYMENT. SHUT TO DISGUISE THEFT. EVEN IF MOST FUNERAL HOMES TURN A BROKER AWAY, IT ONLY TAKES ONE CROOKED EMPLOYEE TO SUPPLY PARTS. IF THE BODY IS CREMATED, ONLY A PORTION OF THE ASHES RETURNED TO THE FAMILY MAY BE REAL. THERE ARE GROWING INSTANCES OF "BLOOD FARMING:" HOSTAGES ARE HELD AND MILKED FOR BLOOD FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME. 2005 2010 AFTER A NEVW JERSEY PATIENT A SOUTHWEST AIRLINES HAD TWO DISCS IN HER BACK EMPLOYEE DISCOVERED REPLACED, IT WAS DISCOVERED SHIPMENT OF DOZENS HER NEW BONES HAD BEEN OF HUMAN HEADS IN TAKEN ILLEGALLY FROM THE DEAD. THE CARGO HOLD. SO WHAT WOULD SOMEONE HAVE TO PAY FOR YOUR DEAD BODY ON THE BLACK MARKET? CREATED BY: MEDICALTRANSCRIPTION.NET SOURCES: HTTP://wwW.TRANSPLANTLIVING.ORG/BEFORETHETRANSPLANT/FINANCE/COSTS.ASPX HTTP://DONATELIFE.NET/UNDERSTANDING-DONATION/LEARN-THE-FACTS/ HTTP://www.USATODAY.COM/MONEY/2006-04-26-BODY-PARTS-COVER-USAT_X.HTM HTTP://TOPDOCUMENTARYFILMS.COM/HOW-MUCH-IS-YOUR-DEAD-BODY-WORTH/ HTTP://wwW.NPR.ORG/2011/06/10/136931615/BLOOD-BONES-AND-ORGANS-THE-GRUESOME-RED-MARKET HTTP://www.WIRED.COM/MAGAZINE/2011/01/FF_REDMARKETS/ALL/1 HTTP://www.WIRED.COM/MEDTECH/HEALTH/MAGAZINE/15-12/FF_BONES?CURRENTPAGE=ALL HTTP://GRUNDINI.COM/#!/TAGGED/SUBJECT-MEDICAL/PRICE-ON-YOUR-HEAD-6672867807 THIS WORK IS LICENSED UNDERA CREATIVE COMMONS LICENSE