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Injectable collagen, the most popular cosmetic treatment behind Botox which has been banned in the UK unless the patient is first assessed by a doctor according to the General Medical Council is finding its way across the globe from China.

Collagen injections are used in cosmetic procedures to soften wrinkles and plump up lips. The effects are not permanent and repeat treatments are necessary.

The use of collagen is not new, Neolithic cave dwellers were using it some 8,000 years ago as a form of glue.

Collagen is sourced from the connective tissue of pigs and cows whilst yet others harvest it from human donors. There is a risk of transmission of blood borne viruses and the human equivalent to Mad Cow Disease (VCJD).

Skin is highly valued for the treatment of burn victims and in 1995 Dr. Wang, who was seeking asylum in the US and who worked for the Tianjin paramilitary police general brigade hospital, skinned a shot convict’s body while the man’s heart was still beating. This same hospital sold body parts for profit.

In China it is standard practise to harvest collagen, skin and organs from executed convicts and in many cases unbeknownst to the family .

This collagen is then being used to develop beauty products for sale in Europe and is taken from prisoners after they have been shot. The agents of the bio tech companies based in the northern province of Heilongjiang, involved in the export to the UK say that the use of skin from condemned convicts is “traditional” and nothing to “make such a big fuss about”.

An agent also told customers it had also exported to the US and European countries and that the companies were developing fillers using tissue from aborted foetuses.

To recycle the Chinese people more effectively perhaps they now have mobile execution chambers. Nifty vans that ride around and provide death on your doorstep.

Saves money on the construction of execution facilities, so now prisoners sentenced to death can be executed locally. How considerate of them.

Gives rise to the following thought, does this transition from firing squads to lethal injections in these vans allow for an illegal trade in organs?

With more than half of the executions in China resulting from non-violent offenses such as tax evasion and drug smuggling, means the death vans will continue to keep rolling on.

Source:
USA Today
Daily Mail
Guardian