r/mildyinteresting • u/The_Dean_France • May 05 '26

humankind hiccups 😅 This is plain cruel...

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u/theemmyk May 05 '26

The body donation industry is unregulated. There was a whole series of articles about it. They use deliberately misleading language in their contracts so that most people have no idea that their loved one's body may be sold to the military. It's really messed up.

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u/RCer1986 May 05 '26

The guy in this story specifically marked "No" when asked to consent to military testing and the company sold her body anyway. He, along with other families, sued and won $58 million.

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u/0neironautica May 06 '26

Are those families still safe and accounted for?

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u/RCer1986 May 06 '26

I'd assume so. They sued the company that sold the bodies to the government. Not the government itself.