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China’s human placenta trade is still thriving despite ban over 10 years ago

today17 March 2021

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You’d be hard-pressed to believe that human placenta – you know, the organ that provides oxygen and nutrients to a baby in a woman’s uterus during pregnancy – is still being traded in China for use in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and for casual consumption because of its apparent ‘healing properties’.

Despite the trade of human placenta being banned in China…

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Written by: Danial Martinus


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