US lab 'sold indigenous blood': Ecuador

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US lab 'sold indigenous blood': Ecuador

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-lab-sold-indigenous-blood-ecuador-192428467.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/KJGINd9G7pCf7xN_LYj3GQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/afp.com/3514f30e5ecfb3d1a1bb359119523a9ec05ec864.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Ecuadorean Huaorani natives cross the Tiputini river at the Yasuni National Park, at the Ecuadorean Amazon forest, on August 21, 2010" align="left" title="Ecuadorean Huaorani natives cross the Tiputini river at the Yasuni National Park, at the Ecuadorean Amazon forest, on August 21, 2010" border="0" /></a>A US laboratory sold across at least eight countries blood samples taken without consent from an indigenous group, Ecuador alleged Friday after a months-long investigation. The samples were taken from the Huaorani ethnic group of about 3,000 people who live in a corner of Ecuador's isolated Amazon basin region, it is alleged. The New Jersey-based Coriell Institute for Medical Research &quot;eventually sold it in at least eight countries,&quot; Maria Del Pilar Troya, undersecretary of state for education and science, told AFP. Germany, Brazil, Canada, the United States, India, Italy, Japan and Singapore were among the countries in which Ecuador believes the specimens were sold.</p><br clear="all"/>

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