Human Mummy Head Trade Risks Unleashing Ancient Microbes
The study examined 128 online listings and found buyers and handlers face arsenic, mercury and fungal spores with few safety warnings.
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Infectious 'mummy's curse' could be unleashed on Earth thanks to grisly global trade in human heads
Scientists have raised the alarm over a booming international online market in mummified human remains.They caution that the trade in centuries-old hands, feet and heads threatens to expose buyers and sellers to dangerous ancient fungal spores and poisonous chemicals.Researchers publishing their findings in the International Journal of Cultural Property described the hazards as amounting to "a real mummy's curse".Microorganisms that have lain do…
Online Trade in Mummified Remains Exposes Buyers to Arsenic, Mercury and Deadly Spores, Study Finds
A peer-reviewed study has found that people buying and selling mummified human remains online, including shrunken heads, hands and feet, are being exposed to toxic preservatives and dormant fungal spores with almost no safety warnings attached to the sales. The paper, published in the International Journal of Cultural Property, examined 128 listings across Meta platforms, e-commerce sites, web stores and auction houses. Titled 'The Real Mummy's …
An academic article warns of the risks of semi-landestine trade in mummified human remains, the dispersion of microorganisms and the lack of knowledge about their risks from both sellers and buyersDiscover new secrets in Egyptian mummies thanks to a state-of-the-art scanner The growing world trade in mummified human remains is the “authentic curse of mummies.” This has been described by a group of researchers, who have warned that it poses a ser…
Scientists at Cambridge University warn about the danger of selling mummified members on the Internet, human remains likely to cause serious health risks if handled without precaution. Heads, hands, feet... Many individuals have fun collecting and marketing members of mummified humans, sometimes dating back several centuries. A particularly macabre practice that is of great concern to scientists, not only for its morbid aspect, but also for heal…
The sale of mummified heads, arms and other body parts can spread fungal spores and toxic substances. Researchers found signs of biological destruction on some of the samples tsn.ua (news 1+1)
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