Do blook banks have a way of filtering out PFAS? Or are we giving each other forever chemicals through blood donations?

BenjiWiebe 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I think people getting blood usually have lost a bunch of their own first. And blood isn't usually given just for fun, it's to save their lives, i.e. PFAS isn't a huge concern at that point.

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Rohansi a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

A life saving blood transfusion or avoid forever chemicals likely already in my body, hmmm what to choose...

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GordonS a day ago | parent [-]

But does it have to be one or the other? Or is there some possibility of somehow removing the PFAS from donated blood?

	▲	cogman10 21 hours ago \| parent [-]
		What makes PFAS so difficult to deal with is the fact that they are particularly inert. Teflon works because it doesn't react with almost anything. I've seen some studies about using UV light to kill off PFAS, but that's not going to be desirable when you want those red blood cells to also survive.

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buckle8017 a day ago | parent | prev [-]

Not without filtering other things we need.