Blood and Plasma Donation

Blood & Plasma Donations

Studies have found that "Regular Blood Donations Have a Strange Hidden Benefit We Never Knew About".


"The researchers tested 285 firefighters working at the ​​Fire Rescue Victoria service in Australia, who donated both blood and plasma over the course of 12 months. Firefighters are routinely exposed to PFAS via firefighting foam, and typically have higher levels in their blood than the general population. "The results from the study show both regular blood or plasma donations resulted in a significant reduction in blood PFAS levels, compared to the control group," says haematologist Robin Gasiorowski, from Macquarie University in Australia. "While both interventions are effective at reducing PFAS levels, plasma donations were more effective and corresponded to a 30 percent decrease." It's the first time that a way of reducing PFAS in the blood has been found – and it's all down to an act of charity that benefits society, rather than any kind of drug treatments or complicated procedures that need to be carried out in hospitals.For the duration of the study, 95 firefighters gave blood every 12 weeks, 95 firefighters gave plasma every 6 weeks, and 95 firefighters didn't make any blood or plasma donations. Levels of PFAS in the latter group remained unchanged.It would appear that because PFAS bind to serum proteins in the blood, reducing the amount of that blood component can, over time, reduce the levels of PFAS. However, it's early days for the research, and a lot more analysis on bigger groups of people is needed."

- https://www.sciencealert.com/regular-blood-donations-can-reduce-the-levels-of-forever-chemicals-in-the-blood

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