Biggest consumers of illegally traded organs are Americans and Japanese

Posted on April 27, 2008
Filed Under Asia, United States, humans |

According to Dr. Nancy Scheper-Hughes of Organs Watch,the biggest consumers of illegally traded organs are the Americans and the Japanese.

Source: Leslie Ferenc, “‘Living Cadavers” forced by poverty to sell organs,” Toronto Star, February 4, 2008, (accessed: February 5, 2008).

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