We must not risk ethically sullying this practice by harvesting organs from executed prisoners.
In August, only a few days before Guo Bin's eyes were stolen, the Chinese Ministry of Health announced plans to phase out the practice of harvesting of organs from executed prisoners and begin a country-wide program of voluntary donation.
The practice of harvesting organs from executed Chinese convicts has been widely reported in the past, although it was only confirmed in 2005, by Dr. Huang, at a medical conference in Manila.
I cannot help thinking how fortunate we are that the debate in this country is about giving lifesaving organs to inmates, and not about the grisly practice of harvesting and selling organs from prisoners, as in China.
Among the threats from humans that sharks face is finning, the practice of harvesting the lateral and dorsal fins and the lower tail fin from a shark by commercial fishing operations and others worldwide.
Among other things, the leaks detailed the NSA's practice of harvesting data on millions of telephone calls made in the US and around the world, and revealed the agency had snooped on foreign leaders.
In addition, 35%% of the respondents from severe drinking water scarcity areas practice rainwater harvesting technology by conserving rainwater during the rainy season and using it for drinking purposes with the help of various NGOs.
For the sustainability of these terraces, the current practice of "harvesting" the fertile soil from the lower edge of the grass strip and using it as fertilizer for the nutrient deficient upper parts of terraces needs to be stopped.
But the march was also a protest against the state-sanctioned practice of harvesting human organs.
Now is the time to shore up your practice of harvesting the light.
