Friday, June 03, 2005

Gross story

I don't know how many of y'all have been to this or planned to (I know Jenny saw it and highly recommended it) but the exhibit of "plastinated" human bodies at the Masonic Center in San Francisco has a problem. Read this article, it's really amusing:
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/news/iteam/052505_iteam_body_one.html Apparently some sketchy Austrian company did a rush job on these bodies (not the reputable guy that invented the process). Here's a choice quote:

ABC7's Dan Noyes: "Why are the bodies leaking?"

Gerhard Perner: "What means leaking?"

The news team analyzed the leakage (which Austrian dude said was silicon) and "The I-Team took samples from the bodies and sent them to a lab. It's silicone from the plastination process and liquefied human fat. The bodies were not degreased properly before they were filled with plastic

Gross!

Also, dude lied about where he got the bodies. This is kinda old news and the exhibit may have already been shut down for all I know.

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