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0 pointsnpongratz2y ago0 comments

Suppose I give plasma or blood, and it removes PFAS from my body. Does it give those PFAS to the recipient of my plasma/blood?

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Yes, but:

- it removes only a fraction of it from your body, so it gives only a fraction of it to the recipient.

- if you need a donation, this dose compared to what you get in exchange is usually a very good deal

- some blood don't actually go to people, but is used for manufacturing drugs, science tests or expires

- hopefully people don't get blood transfusions very often and have a blood level of PFAS close to the average and the given blood. Hopefully.

Also: recipient likely has a similar PFAS concentration in their blood already, so there's minimal net impact (aside from the life-saving part!)

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Yes, but:

- it removes only a fraction of it from your body, so it gives only a fraction of it to the recipient.

- if you need a donation, this dose compared to what you get in exchange is usually a very good deal

- some blood don't actually go to people, but is used for manufacturing drugs, science tests or expires

- hopefully people don't get blood transfusions very often and have a blood level of PFAS close to the average and the given blood. Hopefully.

Also: recipient likely has a similar PFAS concentration in their blood already, so there's minimal net impact (aside from the life-saving part!)

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