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Blood donation. Menstruating women get some level of this for free. Not much otherwise. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8994130/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.

Blood donation. Menstruating women get some level of this for free. Not much otherwise. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8994130/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8994130/

ceejayoz 2y ago
You pee it out, too, but slowly.
JasserInicide 2y ago
Giving blood is also a great way to get rid of heavy metals like mercury.
singleshot_ 2y ago
Thousand dollar idea: plasma donation center where they throw the plasma away. (Ten thousand dollar idea: technology that cleans up the area where they dump the plasma).
- nielsbot 2y ago
  Why not clean the plasma of PFAS and put it back? Like dialysis but for biotoxins. (Actually, would the current dialysis process do this?)
  - singleshot_ 2y ago
    You’re definitely hired.
- triceratops 2y ago
  So leeches?
  - singleshot_ 2y ago
    You’re definitely not hired. (But you’re not wrong, unless you were wondering who is going to clean the leeches).
    - triceratops 2y ago
      You burn the leeches. And it's not an evil spell.
andrewSC 2y ago
Wait. Doesn’t this mean you’re just giving PFAS to the blood recipient?
- bonzini 2y ago
  He/she has probably lost some PFAS recently, if in need of a transfusion.
- blargey 2y ago
  Yes, but their blood/plasma PFA concentration won't change at all unless your blood has extremely high PFA concentrations. Even if it did, the average blood/plasma recipient is more concerned about "not dying of blood loss" than PFAs.
- ridgeguy 2y ago
  Not necessarily. I visit our local medical vampire every 3 months to drain a pint due to high levels of ferritin (hemochromatosis issues). I asked what they do with the blood. They destroy it by ashing it. The tech said they do this with any blood drawn from someone with a known disease state. So if phlebotomy becomes a common treatment for PFAS loads, I'd guess the draws would be destroyed. I hope.
blargey 2y ago
That can dilute what's circulating in your bloodstream, but not what's already accumulated in your brain, lungs, liver, kidneys, and probably some other organs that weren't studied yet.
- Suppafly 2y ago
  Does it accumulate in organs, or would it go back into the bloodstream eventually?
superxpro12 2y ago
So those bloodletting docs from the 1700's were really ahead of their time then

Blood donation. Menstruating women get some level of this for free. Not much otherwise. https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8994130/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8994130/

ceejayoz 2y ago

You pee it out, too, but slowly.

JasserInicide 2y ago

Giving blood is also a great way to get rid of heavy metals like mercury.

singleshot_ 2y ago

Thousand dollar idea: plasma donation center where they throw the plasma away. (Ten thousand dollar idea: technology that cleans up the area where they dump the plasma).

nielsbot 2y ago
Why not clean the plasma of PFAS and put it back? Like dialysis but for biotoxins. (Actually, would the current dialysis process do this?)
- singleshot_ 2y ago
  You’re definitely hired.
triceratops 2y ago
So leeches?
- singleshot_ 2y ago
  You’re definitely not hired. (But you’re not wrong, unless you were wondering who is going to clean the leeches).
  - triceratops 2y ago
    You burn the leeches. And it's not an evil spell.

andrewSC 2y ago

Wait. Doesn’t this mean you’re just giving PFAS to the blood recipient?

bonzini 2y ago
He/she has probably lost some PFAS recently, if in need of a transfusion.
blargey 2y ago
Yes, but their blood/plasma PFA concentration won't change at all unless your blood has extremely high PFA concentrations. Even if it did, the average blood/plasma recipient is more concerned about "not dying of blood loss" than PFAs.
ridgeguy 2y ago
Not necessarily. I visit our local medical vampire every 3 months to drain a pint due to high levels of ferritin (hemochromatosis issues). I asked what they do with the blood. They destroy it by ashing it. The tech said they do this with any blood drawn from someone with a known disease state. So if phlebotomy becomes a common treatment for PFAS loads, I'd guess the draws would be destroyed. I hope.

blargey 2y ago

That can dilute what's circulating in your bloodstream, but not what's already accumulated in your brain, lungs, liver, kidneys, and probably some other organs that weren't studied yet.

Suppafly 2y ago
Does it accumulate in organs, or would it go back into the bloodstream eventually?

superxpro12 2y ago

So those bloodletting docs from the 1700's were really ahead of their time then