2 chapters across the catalog
Phoenix Body Donation Scandal, Biological Resource Center
An FBI raid on the Biological Resource Center in Phoenix revealed a "chop shop" operation where human body parts were sold for profit. Agents reported finding buckets of heads and limbs, as well as a "Frankenstein" torso with a mismatched head sewn onto it, violating the consent agreements made by donating families.
Department of Defense Anthrax Distribution Error and Detection Contracts
The Department of Defense inadvertently shipped live anthrax samples to 51 laboratories across 17 states and three foreign countries, including South Korea. While the samples were intended to be dead spores killed by gamma radiation for the development of detection systems, a technical glitch resulted in the distribution of live pathogens. Analysts question the necessity of such a high number of labs handling these materials and suggest the error is linked to lucrative government contracts for anthrax detectors.
