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Man who donated mom's body for Alzheimer's research discovers it was sold to US Army and blown up
KCCI ^ | July 31, 2019 | Staff

Posted on 08/02/2019 7:30:04 AM PDT by Trump20162020

Man who donated his mother's body to an Arizona center for Alzheimer's research discovers it was sold on to the US Military for $6,000, strapped to a chair and blown up in 'blast test'.

An Arizona man who donated his mother's body to science in the hopes neurologists could shed new light about Alzheimer's disease made a startling discovery.

(Excerpt) Read more at kcci.com ...


TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Local News; Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: alzheimers; arizona
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1 posted on 08/02/2019 7:30:04 AM PDT by Trump20162020
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To: Trump20162020

It really makes you wonder if the ashes you get after cremating a deceased loved one is really their remains....


2 posted on 08/02/2019 7:31:54 AM PDT by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: Trump20162020

If your loved-one is into metal, this would be awesome. “Dude. We’re gonna have the army like strap your body to something and blow it up man! “. —air guitar—


3 posted on 08/02/2019 7:33:49 AM PDT by Spruce
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To: Trump20162020

Hey I’ll VOLUNTEER mine for that!!


4 posted on 08/02/2019 7:34:52 AM PDT by Mr. K (No consequence of repealing obamacare is worse than obamacare itself.)
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he blowed up real good.


5 posted on 08/02/2019 7:38:39 AM PDT by teeman8r (Armageddon won't be pretty, but it's not like it's the end of the world.)
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To: Mr. K

Just the ticket for someone looking to go out with a bang !


6 posted on 08/02/2019 7:40:41 AM PDT by Mopp4
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To: Trump20162020

I have a family member who worked at a well known medical school. Due to the shenanigans there she advised never donate your body to science!


7 posted on 08/02/2019 7:40:42 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: Trump20162020

Once you sell something to another, you lose control over what happens to it.


8 posted on 08/02/2019 7:41:10 AM PDT by bk1000 (I stand with Trump)
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To: Trump20162020
Also here: http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3768273/posts
"Man learns mom’s body was sold to US military for ‘blast testing’"

Just for reference, NOT trying to be a posting police

When I die I want to do everything I was too chicken to do when alive.

9 posted on 08/02/2019 7:41:26 AM PDT by BitWielder1 (I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
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To: jeffc

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-State_Crematory


10 posted on 08/02/2019 7:42:41 AM PDT by Red Badger (Against stupidity the gods themselves contend in vain......................)
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To: Spruce

11 posted on 08/02/2019 7:44:51 AM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: wastedyears

Dang, now I’m hungry.

I think I’ll stick to chick-fil-a, though. :)


12 posted on 08/02/2019 7:47:42 AM PDT by Kommodor (Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
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To: Trump20162020

It sounds awful, but how much more to the story is there?

When you donate your body to science, do you get to specify how it is used? How many other Alzheimer’s patients have already done the same and how useful is each body for research? How much does it cost to maintain a body in a preserved state that can be useful for medical research and was that body able to meet the needs of the research?

There’s probably terms and conditions for the companies that do these things that say they try to comply with the donor’s wishes, but it’s really going to end up at the discretion of the business.

Also, the articles I’ve read make it seem like some nut in the military just bought grandma with a government credit card and strapped some dynamite to her just for a sick joke. Blast testing may help save thousands of lives in the future, I don’t know if a human body is really needed for some level of validation testing of a product in R&D before fielding, but we won’t know that from the clickbait-style of reporting. Maybe the Army decides the negative press isn’t worth it and rewrites it’s testing criteria and less thoroughly tested body armor or construction standards are used in the future. I do hope the man gets to learn the value of his loved one’s donation and that it was in fact used to collect data that helps save lives in the future.


13 posted on 08/02/2019 7:49:02 AM PDT by jz638
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Biologicals are biologicals, but this is unnerving.


14 posted on 08/02/2019 7:49:52 AM PDT by combat_boots (God bless Israel and all who protect and defend her! Merry Christmas! In God We Trust!)
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To: Trump20162020

A. The Military conducts these tests for necessary data.
B. The info on what happens to donated bodies should remain classified, and definitely concealed from family members.
C. Upon the decision to donate, there should be some clear mention of this possibility. There very likely already is some mention of it.


15 posted on 08/02/2019 7:51:45 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Kommodor
There's this too.


16 posted on 08/02/2019 7:52:24 AM PDT by wastedyears (The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
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To: Trump20162020

Grandma got run over by a siege engine

Walking home from our house Middlemas Eve


17 posted on 08/02/2019 7:53:31 AM PDT by Phil DiBasquette
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To: BitWielder1

When I die I want to do everything I was too chicken to do when alive.


Would that include voting democrat? That takes balls! :)


18 posted on 08/02/2019 8:07:14 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We're living in Dr. Zhivago but without the love triangle)
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To: Trump20162020

Lesson: If you don’t want your mom blown up by the army, don’t donate her body to do Alzheimer’s research....yeah, that’s pretty much what we learned here....


19 posted on 08/02/2019 8:07:23 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
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To: Trump20162020

What...no pics from Farm Report?


20 posted on 08/02/2019 8:12:22 AM PDT by 4yearlurker (commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of almighty God-G. Washington 1775)
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