In much of the world, the placentas are collected and sold to cosmetic companies for processing. All that hydrating and collagen makeup you ladies are smearing on your faces has placentas in it.
Horse and cow placentas. The urban legend of human placentas has been debunked. HOWEVER, a european company did try it with human placentas at a very high price, so they switched to cow and lievstock placentas since they were ‘more readily available’ in bulk quantities.