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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I would highly recommend donating to a specific organization rather than as a "uniform anatomical gift". Unless you're fine with being sold by a body broker and used for explosives/crash testing, or forensic entomological decomposition research: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bodies-donated-to-science-largely-unregulated-cbs-reports/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Oh wow, thanks for the heads up, im in the UK so not sure if things are different here but ill defo take your advice on that!