Chinese cosmetics firm is taking skin from the corpses of executed prisoners

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Horrifying claims that a Chinese cosmetics firm is taking skin from the

corpses of executed prisoners for use in beauty products to be sold in

Europe are to be investigated.

 

The company is said to be providing collagen for lip and wrinkle treatments

at a fraction of the price of rival suppliers after making a secret deal

with the Chinese prison authorities.

 

 

Thousands of women who want to emulate the full-lipped pout of Hollywood

stars are tempted by collagen implants.

 

Now the gruesome claims have prompted calls for immediate controls on

substances used as cosmetic 'fillers', which do not currently fall under any

regulations. European regulations are being drafted but are not expected to

come into force for several years.

 

 

Collagen is typically taken from the skin of animals, such as pigs, cattle

and sharks, or voluntary human donors.

 

 

The suggestion that collagen drawn from the bodies of Chinese prisoners may

find its way into British products will heighten safety fears and MPs on the

Commons select health committee plan to investigate.

 

 

Labour MP Kevin Barron, the chairman, said: 'This is something everyone in

society will be very concerned about.'

 

 

It is believed 3,400 Chinese prisoners were shot in executions last year,

while 6,000 are on death row. The Chinese government admits that organs are

transplanted from dead prisoners, but only with their prior consent.

 

 

There is evidence, however, that body parts are regularly taken without

permission.

 

 

The Chinese cosmetics company, not named by the Guardian for legal reasons,

is also said to be trying to develop 'fillers' using tissue from aborted

foetuses.

 

 

It is unclear whether collagen from prisoners has yet been used in the UK.

 

 

But the company has exported products to this country in the past. The

collagen is said to have been supplied from 'bio tech' companies in the

northern province of Heilongjiang.

 

 

The Guardian gained its information when an undercover researcher posed as a

Hong Kong businessman and spoke to an agent for the Chinese cosmetic

company.

 

 

The agent, based in northern China, told the researcher: 'A lot of the

research is still carried out in the traditional manner using skin from the

executed prisoner and aborted foetus. 'In China it is considered very

normal. I was very shocked that western countries can make such a big fuss

about this.'

 

 

But it is apparent that the Chinese authorities realised how such conduct

could be viewed. The agent said: 'The government has put some pressure on

all the medical facilities to keep this type of work in low profile.'

 

Warm regards,

 

Attilio D'Alberto

Doctor of (Beijing, China)

B.Sc. (Hons) T.C.M., M.A.T.C.M.

07786198900

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