Cosmetics from executed Chinese, paper says

[abcdefg]

LONDON (AFP) - A British newspaper said that a Chinese cosmetics company was using skin harvested from the corpses of executed convicts to develop beauty products for sale in Europe.

Agents for the firm, which could not be named for legal reasons, have told would-be customers that skin taken from prisoners after they have been shot is being used to develop collagen for lip and wrinkle treatments, the Guardian newspaper said following an undercover investigation.

news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20050913/wl_uk_afp/britainchinarightsbeauty;_ylt=AjquaPdbaVHcvwh7QeiaPNdvaA8F;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

 

[Celia]

//It quoted that agent as saying: “A lot of the research is still carried out in the traditional manner using skin from the executed prisoner and aborted foetus.” This material, he said, was being bought from “bio tech” companies based in the northern province of Heilongjiang, and was being developed elsewhere in China//

That is so gross, ethically and…physically smileys.smileycentral.com/cat/29/29_3_13.gif I wonder what the name of this company is? I don’t think the article said.

 

[Guar_Fan]

Very sickening - at all levels.

I found the newspaper article, which says in part:

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, which cannot be identified for legal reasons. It is also unclear whether collagen made from prisoners’ skin is in the research stage or is in production. However, the Guardian has learned that the company has exported collagen products to the UK in the past. An agent told customers it had also exported to the US and European countries, and that it was trying to develop fillers using tissue from aborted foetuses.

guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,1568467,00.html

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