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People said similar things about lead...
We don't preemptively test everyone for lead either!
Donate your perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to those in need! Hmm: > As to the question of what happens to recipients of this blood: “Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances are ubiquitous, and no threshold has been identified that poses an increased risk to recipients of donated blood components.”
That seems kind of strange they never get filtered or end up in organs.
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We don't preemptively test everyone for lead either!
This is true, although I would prefer to still test everyone for plausibly important things to feed data analysts who might eventually discover something useful.
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In case anyone is curious, it appears a pint of blood in the US sells for $150--$300.
That seems to answer it on face value, unless the prices quoted for blood panels are very inflated due to insurance. EDIT>> Maybe a punch card? Donate N pints, get a free blood panel.
Lab companies absolutely should be included, as a co-equal, in the list of villains.
“Forever chemicals” is kind of a scary marketing term that helps sell ad views. PFAS materials (teflon, high temperature o-rings, refrigeration fluids, fire-fighting foams, anti-cancer drugs and other medicines, etc.) encompass such a broad range of chemistries (anything with the fluorine atom attached to carbon) that have many many orders of magnitude differences in half-life. It’s analogous to labeling anything rad…
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You say this in jest. But how would one actually get rid of blood if you can’t donate?
You simply dump it in the street https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-berkshire-60493339
> “Plasma donation was the most effective intervention, reducing mean serum perfluorooctane sulfonate levels by 2.9 ng/mL compared with a 1.1-ng/mL reduction with blood donation, a significant difference
But how much perfluorooctane sulfonate did the study's subjects start with? I don't care if one treatment accomplished more than another until I know that at least one of them made a difference worth making.