73. The Arizona Body Donation Scandal

This week we talk about the Arizona Body Donation Scandal at the Biological Resource Centre.Our oddity is Alex the Parrot. 

Sources: 

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-bodies-brokers/ 

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-bodies-business/ 

https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-bodybrokers-industry/ 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dismembered-body-parts-sewn-together-frankenstein-donation-center-fbi-found-n1035131 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49198405 

https://time.com/5636486/fbi-body-donation-arizona/ 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/11/20/arizona-human-chop-shop-sold-body-parts-experiments/ 

https://www.militarytimes.com/news/2019/11/20/jury-awards-58m-in-lawsuit-against-body-donation-firm-that-sold-cadavers-for-military-testing/ 

https://heavy.com/news/2019/08/stephen-gore/

https://www.businessinsider.com/philip-guyett-body-broker-theory-arizona-center-sewed-body-parts-2019-8 

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/27/us/arizona-lawsuit-body-parts-company-sued/index.html 

https://news.sky.com/story/frankenstein-cadaver-centre-sold-body-parts-to-the-military-11848869

Oddity:

https://www.aaas.org/taxonomy/term/9/alex-parrots-final-experiment 

https://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/science/10cnd-parrot.html?scp=1&sq=alex%20obituary&st=cse# 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_(parrot)

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