The price of a human egg depends on the characteristics of the donor. Eggs harvested from white college students can sell for as much as $100,000. But there’s a cheaper way to get them.
The Commodification of Women's Bodies and Human Tissue
Published September 6, 2010
Scott Carney, an award winning journalist-photographer and anthropologist, explores the commodification of women's bodies and human tissue. He also speaks about skeleton traders, kidney brokers and those who kidnap babies for adoption deals in the United States.
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The market for women's eggs is booming. But wide differences in price and poor regulation over human egg donations have created an international black market for eggs
Scott Carney speaks about his reporting on the sale of human eggs on The Leonard Lopate Show.
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Scott Carney combines anthropology with long-form investigative journalism. He is a contributing editor for WIRED magazine and his work also appears in Mother Jones, NPR, Fast Company...
