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Re:Regular blood donations can reduce “forever chemicals” in... by PeterisP on Friday April 22, 2022 @02:48PM (#31126297)
With respect to HIV, there is an alternative to get non-contaminated blood.

With respect to PFAS, which is a general societal/environmental issue it's likely that all donated blood has roughly the same PFAS levels, so recipient either gets blood with PFAS or no blood at all; and the "new" blood might have slightly more or less PFAS than the recipients current blood, but the recipient already has a comparable level of PFAS anyway.

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Re:Regular blood donations can reduce “forever chemicals” in... by JamisonM on Friday April 22, 2022 @03:36PM (#31126976)
I would argue additionally that once the person in need of blood has recovered they can simply donate blood and in so doing enjoy the benefits of reduced PFAS levels and hopefully save someone else's life with that blood!
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Re:Regular blood donations can reduce “forever chemicals” in... by giantg2 on Friday April 22, 2022 @02:52PM (#31126359)
Yes, and that is a better argument than someone simply being desperate enough to accept contaminated blood rather than die.
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