Re:You Can't Keep Your Relatives' Skulls
by michaelt on Monday September 16, 2019 @04:49AM
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I live in the UK and a few years back I looked into whether my body could be converted into one of those cool articulated skeletons on my death.
It turns out there's currently a huge oversupply of articulated skeletons in the UK, as the "Human Tissue Act 2004" [1] means (tldr) you now have to have a license to own one. An amnesty means the few institutions that have such licenses have more skeletons than they can possibly use.
Apparently as many as 8 a week are dropped off, grinning from the back seat and enjoying their day out.
It turns out there's currently a huge oversupply of articulated skeletons in the UK, as the "Human Tissue Act 2004" [1] means (tldr) you now have to have a license to own one. An amnesty means the few institutions that have such licenses have more skeletons than they can possibly use.
Apparently as many as 8 a week are dropped off, grinning from the back seat and enjoying their day out.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_Tissue_Act_2004