Zimmer should be ashamed

A MULTINATIONAL medical company in the US accused of manufacturing therapeutic goods from improperly harvested human corpses is distributing dental implants to Australian patients.
The bodies were allegedly plundered for reusable human tissue at forensic institutes in Ukraine. The parts were then transported to a German company, Tutogen, sometimes without the consent of the families of the deceased.
Ukrainian investigators say the grisly trade has left behind what they describe as ''human sock puppets'' - corpses stripped of their reusable parts.
Tutogen is a subsidiary of RTI Biologics, a Florida company which is a leading provider of biological implants and listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Last year it turned over $US169 million.

Zimmer, the local distributor of Puros dental products, said RTI was the processor of the donated tissue grafts.
Dominica McCann, the company's legal counsel, said: ''Zimmer has no part in the donor sourcing or processing of any donated tissues that ultimately reach the market.''

http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/revealed-grisly-trade-in-body-parts-20120717-228jx.html

 

This is old news, this first came to light in 2005, I guess Zimmer will never change.

 

Really? Do you think they will ever change? They are not interested in change - they only want money

 

Ya'll are all stupid. This is an RTI issue not Zimmer. RTI products are distributed by several major othopedic companies so shouldnt you include them in your uneducated comments? Cant disagree about the money thing though.

 

Fully agree