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I think this is a question we’ve all been wondering about.
Did you know that organ trade is illegal in every country except Iran?
BODY PARTS THE LIVING CAN SELL
$337 per pint of blood.
$70 for ten inches of hair.
- Men’s hair is reduced to an amino acid used in baking goods.
- Women’s hair is turned into wigs and weaves.
Bone Marrow
- The most valuable part of your body sells for a high of $23,000 per gram. You can donate bone marrow, but it’s illegal to sell it.
Eggs: $12,400 per IVF cycle in U.S.
- Egg donation is legal, but some choose to avoid hospital fees and buy eggs illegally or abroad.
Surrogate Wombs: $20,000-30,000 in India, $80,000-150,000 in the U.S.
Kidneys
- Make up 75% of the global organ trade due to diabetes, high blood pressure and heart problems.
Theoretically, your body is worth up to $45 million dollars
(But that’s only if you could harvest every usable chemical and part from it.)
FROM THE DEAD
- Corneas: $24,400 implanted
- Hearts: Legal–$997,700, Illegal– $119,000
- Livers: Legal–$557,100, Illegal–$157,100
- Kidneys–From U.S. $262,900
- China–$62,000
- India–$15,000
- Ligaments and Bones– A few thousand dollars, depending on which one.
- Skin–$10 per square inch
- Skeletons–$2,993-5,500
SOURCES OF BODY PARTS
Legal:
- Donated by Family, Friends
- Charities, non-profits
Illegal:
- Looted Graves
- Crooked morticians
- Paid donors (often very poor)
- Executed prisoners
- Live prisoners
- Blood Farms