I'm doing the same, but for PFAS
this post was submitted on 16 Aug 2025
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Lucky bastard. I'm not only unable to donate, but I have to get blood derivatives injected. I'm Plastic Person, be sad for me.
What about those who sell their seeds regularly?
Medieval-style bloodletting...
Iβm removing so much plastic, this will make me healthy sips coke from bottle
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Bad news: Todays needles are coated in PFAS to make punctions more painless.
That's kinda misleading though. Large molecule PFAS are harmless to us (Teflon for example). It's the small molecule PFAS are dangerous and those aren't really used for any kind of non-stick surfaces.
What are they used for
They're part of the waste of producing non-stick coatings. So you aren't exposed to them by the needle or your Teflon frying pan or the Teflon tape in your plumbing, you're exposed to them by the Teflon plant dumping their waste in the river, legally or otherwise
Which kinda PFAS do they use for hydrophobic coatings
I've never really looked into this, do you have any good sources you recommend looking at?
As someone who takes a weekly shot, ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME π
Uuugh I donβt want to switch to daily gel or patches, itβs such a pain in the ass.
I thought the injection would be the one that is a pain in the ass π€
Unfortunately no. Afaik even regular exposition is (for now) considered relatively harmless, with medical professionals bearing the highest risk.
NOT REGEX NOOOO
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Wait, would this actually work?
Yea it really does. It's the only way we know to get rid of plastic in blood
Keeping in mind that you're getting rid of the plastic in your blood by getting rid of her blood
Some recent study also found that mucilaginous fiber binds with PFAS the same way that it binds with cholesterol to keep the body from absorbing it. PFAS already in your system is believed to be reintroduced to your digestive system through bile excretion, some binds with the fiber and leaves your system, the rest is absorbed.
If you donβt eat a lot of food with mucilage, the main ingredient in Metamucil has mucilaginous fiber, as the name suggests.
The study author in the interview I read emphasized it wasnβt like βtake fiber for a few months and PFAS is all gone,β she and her husband just incorporated a mucilage supplement into their diets because of how prevalent it is in the environment.
Got link any chance? Would help me in telling my friends and loved ones to take poop pills with me because of the plastic in bodies (Iβll take my poop polls with or without a link just because I like the cut of your jib)
I donβt think this was the exact article I read, but hereβs another discussing the research: https://www.uml.edu/news/stories/2025/pfas-detox.aspx
May the wind always be against your back now and always! Thank you
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I does! It also reduced heavy metal levels.
Thankfully the bad type that shouldn't be your blood, and not the cool type that should be playing on your speakers.
Only if your exposure in the future is less than in the past. Otherwise it will just go back up again. And considering plastic use is going up, you would have to use air filters and avoid micro plastics as much as possible.
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Donating my microplastics to people in need.
If human blood has plastics at a rate of ~ 1.6 Β΅g/mL and a typical volume of blood donated during a whole blood donation is approximately 470-500 mL you're looking at a reduction in plastics of a cool .0005 grams per donation. That's 1/40th of a grain of rice!
Don't think of it like that, think of it as 10% of your total blood plastic!
I wonder if doing plasma instead of whole blood is better or worse. Does microplastic stay behind or go back in?
Damn apparently giving plasma might be better according to this small study of aussie firefighters
Ooh maybe I should donate again. Get some extra cash, get rid of micro plastics. Win win win.
I'd argue it's better to call it "sell" when you get paid to do so.
Just like I am not donating money to Lidl to buy sour gummy worms.
Go drinking after for an extra efficient sesh
Thats why i donate 3 times a day
Too inefficient, I'm just going to pump it all out and start again with fresh blood.
So you gotta do a full flush when you donate. Got it.
why would you use absolute values for something measured in such small quantities? show us the percentage that comes out. or the fraction of the grain of rice associated with kidney / liver damage
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Does ejaculation remove micro plastics? Asking for a friend.
.A friend used to donate blood when he had sex with a random girl, he said that if he contracted HIV, they would contact him.
That's pretty bad
Also wouldn't work.
Interesting that someone would downvote that.
Well, I wasn't supporting it. It's pretty stupid of him, including regarding the incubation time, as someone already said below.
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Why not?
Incubation periods and rampant illegality and unethical behavior resulting in anyone that deserves to live in the first place shooting themselves in the head out of shame.
whatever it takes to get you to donate
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