Dutch artist Anna Meindertsma researched all the uses to which the pig was put . She found it was used in everything from toothpaste to dough improver . • Bone china and paint , paintbrushes and sandpaper ; . The pig 's heart valves can save a life and its skin can fill a toilet . She says the project showed ` ` we have no clue of what is in the products that surround us ''
Dutch artist Anna Meindertsma researched all the uses to which the pig was put . She found it was used in everything from toothpaste to dough improver . The pig 's heart valves can save a life and its skin can fill a toilet . She says the project showed ` ` we have no clue of what is in the products that surround us ''