<story><title>Regular blood donations can reduce “forever chemicals” in the bloodstream: study</title><url>https://theswaddle.com/regular-blood-donations-can-reduce-toxic-forever-chemicals-in-the-bloodstream-study/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>neogodless</author><text>Donate your perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to those in need!&lt;p&gt;Hmm:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; 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.”</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>skrbjc</author><text>My guess is that the person who needs blood cares more about getting the blood or plasma than the small amount of PFAS in it, which they likely have already.&lt;p&gt;If this causes more people to donate, it&amp;#x27;s probably a good thing overall, even if the people doing it are doing so in the hopes of cleansing their own system of these chemicals.</text></comment>
<story><title>Regular blood donations can reduce “forever chemicals” in the bloodstream: study</title><url>https://theswaddle.com/regular-blood-donations-can-reduce-toxic-forever-chemicals-in-the-bloodstream-study/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>neogodless</author><text>Donate your perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to those in need!&lt;p&gt;Hmm:&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; 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.”</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>delecti</author><text>By putting &amp;quot;toxic chemicals&amp;quot; in the title along with that sentence in the body, it sure seems like they&amp;#x27;re trying to have their cake and eat it too with this article. It also lists a bunch of negative things that are associated with PFAS levels. They&amp;#x27;re toxic, and associated with a bunch of bad things, but don&amp;#x27;t worry.&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt; apart from being identified as potentially carcinogenic, PFAS are associated with “low fetal weight, impaired immune response, thyroid function abnormalities, obesity, increased lipid levels, liver function alterations, and, potentially, an increased risk of some malignant neoplasms.”&lt;p&gt;I suppose that most blood recipients are probably better off with increased PFAS than going without the infusion, but the article sure presents the situation clumsily.</text></comment>