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Blood DonorsEnglish · 10 hours ago

Regular Blood Donations Have a Strange Hidden Benefit We Never Knew About (reduce PFAS levels in donor blood)

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Regular Blood Donations Have a Strange Hidden Benefit We Never Knew About (reduce PFAS levels in donor blood)

www.sciencealert.com

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Blood DonorsEnglish · 10 hours ago

Regular Blood Donations Have a Strange Hidden Benefit We Never Knew About

www.sciencealert.com

It's no exaggeration to say that donating blood can save lives.

Plenty of good and selfless reasons to donate blood or platelets. Here is a selfish one, besides the record breaking weight loss of 1/2kg in 10mins.

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It also reduces microplastics iirc. Who knew, getting rid of contaminated stuff makes you have less contaminates in you body?
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  Makes total sense, good someone started.looking into it proper

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