Summary


King County had been harvesting the brains of mentally ill people who came through the morgue. In return for sending at least 180 brains to a private, out-of-state research lab, the medical examiner's office collected $1.5 million. Here, Halsne details how King County profits from selling dead people's brain without consent for private research use.

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No Consent

After months of bickering, waiting, and threats of legal action, the medical examiner finally plunked a pile of records on my desk. It didn't take long to see why he was so hesitant.

King County had been harvesting the brains of mentally ill people who came through the morgue. In return for sending at least 180 brains to a pr...

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