Replay-The Business of Body Brokers
About this episode
Renee explores the unregulated body broker industry and its impact on grieving families.
What is a body broker and why is the industry so unregulated? Is it really legal to arrange the sale of human tissue and body parts to be used for medical research? Renee takes a look at four different business owners, including one in North Carolina, who discovered this lucrative industry and took advantage of grieving families in their darkest hours. This episode originally aired on Feb. 2, 2024.For a full list of articles related to this episode, visit www.missinginthecarolinas.com
People in this episode
Host: Renee
Topics covered
- body brokers
- human tissue
- medical research
- unregulated industry
- grieving families
Keywords
- body brokers
- human tissue sale
- medical research
- North Carolina
- unregulated industry
Mentioned in this episode
Places: North Carolina
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