# Christien Meindertsma: How pig parts make the world turn

Christien Meindertsma, author of "Pig 05049" looks at the astonishing afterlife of the ordinary pig, parts of which make their way into at least 185 non-pork products, from bullets to artificial hearts.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2010
- Runtime: 8 min
- By: TED.com
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/ChristienMeindertsma_2010G)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-ND 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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