Posted on 09/13/2005 12:50:59 PM PDT by Millee
A Chinese cosmetics company is using skin harvested from the corpses of executed convicts to develop beauty products for sale in Europe, an investigation by the Guardian has discovered.
Agents for the firm have told would-be customers it is developing collagen for lip and wrinkle treatments from skin taken from prisoners after they have been shot. The agents say some of the company's products have been exported to the UK, and that the use of skin from condemned convicts is "traditional" and nothing to "make such a big fuss about". With European regulations to control cosmetic treatments such as collagen not expected for several years, doctors and politicians say the discovery highlights the dangers faced by the increasing number of Britons seeking to improve their looks. Apart from the ethical concerns, there is also the potential risk of infection.
MPs on the Commons select health committee are to examine the regulatory system and may launch an investigation and question ministers about the need for immediate new controls. "I am sure that the committee will want to look at this," said Kevin Barron, its Labour chairman. "This is something everyone in society will be very concerned about."
Plastic surgeons are also concerned about the delay in introducing regulations to control the cosmetic treatments industry. Norman Waterhouse, a former president of the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons, said: "I am surprised that we are taking the lead from the European commission, because this is bound to delay action on this important area which is increasingly a matter for concern. It seems like a bit of a cop out to me."
It is unclear whether any of the "aesthetic fillers" such as collagen available in the UK or on the internet are supplied by the company,
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I'm so glad I just use plain Ivory and water.
The only thing that lends this credence is the Chinese government's involvement.
What's next? Lampshades?
Looks like they found a way around using animals for testing.
PETA must be ecstatic. Why haven't they demanded we do that here?
I guess someone watched Fight Club before composing this piece of crap.
First thing that came to my mind, too.
Absolutely savage and disgusting. Just sub human. Using a human corpse for beauty products! My blood runs cold to think of all the pairs of pants and jackets these bodies could have been turned into.
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Well, if it's traditional, who can argue with that?
I wonder if they ever make any lampshades.
That's horrible. I won't use anything unless it comes from prisoners before they are shot.
lol
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This is very, very wrong. Not quite as bad as using parts of aborted babies, but in the same realm.
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Some things are just plain wrong.
Sound like something out of the Lecter books.
why does this come as a surprise?? They already sell their organs off to those who need donations...
I heard they make wallets out of foreskins
you rub them they turn into suitcases
Nothing China does suprises me.
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