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Regular Blood Donations Have a Strange Hidden Benefit We Never Knew About
DAVID NIELD
15 APRIL 2022
It's no exaggeration to say that donating blood can save lives. Now, researchers have found a curious benefit for the donor: regular trips to the blood bank appear to reduce the amount of certain 'forever chemicals' swimming around in the bloodstream.
While scientists aren't sure just how dangerous these widely used perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) might be, they are sometimes referred to as forever chemicals because they tend not to degrade in nature....
Regular Blood Donations Have a Strange Hidden Benefit We Never Knew About
DAVID NIELD
15 APRIL 2022
It's no exaggeration to say that donating blood can save lives. Now, researchers have found a curious benefit for the donor: regular trips to the blood bank appear to reduce the amount of certain 'forever chemicals' swimming around in the bloodstream.
While scientists aren't sure just how dangerous these widely used perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) might be, they are sometimes referred to as forever chemicals because they tend not to degrade in nature....
