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A South African hospital cleaner has been arrested after being found in possession of a bag of human placentas in eastern Mpumalanga province, police say.

From BBC • Sep. 19, 2025

The examples included an NPR story on eating human placentas, a practice that has been around for decades, and a 2017 documentary about a transgender teen on PBS.

From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2025

Yes, even though your own placenta did not live very long, placentas, as a group, are some of the real stars of life on Earth today.

From Slate • Sep. 7, 2024

While the advanced pathology residents were working on cancer, Kliman said newer residents started in the basement morgue performing autopsies on placentas and fetuses.

From Salon • May 29, 2024

In 2006, some seven hundred new mothers found out that doctors had taken their placentas without consent to test for abnormalities that might help the hospital defend itself against future lawsuits over birth defects.

From "The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" by Rebecca Skloot