Wednesday, August 23, 2006

A product recall worthy of Boris Karloff

Uh, I'm not sure I'd be waiting for your dealer's recall letter on this one.

News Item from Associated Press: "A leading medical firm has quietly recalled hundreds of human tissue products destined for transplants around the nation that were supplied by a North Carolina body parts broker believed to have a tainted history."

The booming tissue transplant industry has been rocked by the scandal of a body broker who used an unsterile environment to carve up dozens of corpses to procure tissue.

Yikes, shades of old Law and Order Episodes are flashing through my mind now.

Not sure what is more distressing, the concept of something called a "booming" body parts broker industry or the fact that they don't seem to take particular care in the way they go about their business.

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