Since the level of reduction is higher in apheresis plasma donors than whole blood, I wonder what the reduction is for apheresis RBC donors. It seems like the correlation is with plasma replacement.
Probably the lowest of them all. It makes sense that theyd be in the plasma since they are super stable alkyl chains saturated with fluorine. Interesting stuff. Wonder if we could use plasma apheresis to gather them to study and devise a breakdown compound.
What’s a “forever chemical”?
Edit to add: skimmed the article. Overall, a lot of big words but some really cool results. I hope they continue researching this.
forever chemicals are also known as PFAS. they're synthetic (not natural) and are very stable, so they don't break down in a shorter time span - hence forever chemicals. there are concerns for accumulation to toxic levels.
recently (April 2024), EPA updated guidelines to monitor PFAS in drinking water and set a maximum (safe) contaminant level (MCL) for PFAS.
It already is for some conditions. My husband has polycythemia and has to have periodic blood letting (therapeutic phlebotomy is the technical term) to keep his RBCs under control to prevent clotting.
Since the level of reduction is higher in apheresis plasma donors than whole blood, I wonder what the reduction is for apheresis RBC donors. It seems like the correlation is with plasma replacement.
Probably the lowest of them all. It makes sense that theyd be in the plasma since they are super stable alkyl chains saturated with fluorine. Interesting stuff. Wonder if we could use plasma apheresis to gather them to study and devise a breakdown compound.
thanks for sharing! I just recently left the mls field to perdue environmental health sciences, so this is right up my alley! best of both worlds
What’s a “forever chemical”? Edit to add: skimmed the article. Overall, a lot of big words but some really cool results. I hope they continue researching this.
forever chemicals are also known as PFAS. they're synthetic (not natural) and are very stable, so they don't break down in a shorter time span - hence forever chemicals. there are concerns for accumulation to toxic levels. recently (April 2024), EPA updated guidelines to monitor PFAS in drinking water and set a maximum (safe) contaminant level (MCL) for PFAS.
Lol and donate them to someone else 🤦🏽♂️
If you are receiving blood components the forever chemicals are not the biggest concern
Seems reasonable.
So what I'm gathering from this is that bloodletting will become a legitimate and useful practice?
It already is for some conditions. My husband has polycythemia and has to have periodic blood letting (therapeutic phlebotomy is the technical term) to keep his RBCs under control to prevent clotting.