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Danger of the disgusting trade in human organs

How much would you pay for a kidney? It's a question most of us wouldn't care to answer and hope we'll never need to ask. We assume that if our kidneys fail, either someone else's death would give us the gift of life or that someone genetically or emotionally related to us would bravely come to the rescue.

How much would you pay for a kidney? It's a question most of us wouldn't care to answer and hope we'll never need to ask.

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