This is what bothers me somewhat about when I donate blood. I’m part of the Heroes for Babies program Red Cross has, so mine often ends up in children’s hospitals. It just doesn’t sit well with me that I could be contaminating a life so young with microplastics and PFAS. I’ve tried to cut as many plastics out of my life as I can to reduce what goes into my body, but its so hard to dump everything.
I will not stop donating since the alternative outcome would likely be worse, and I will keep trying to chop out more plastic (most notoriously food packaging) from my life. I just wish I knew if they filtered these things out or not for sure. It’s been nagging at me for several years now.
This is what bothers me somewhat about when I donate blood. I’m part of the Heroes for Babies program Red Cross has, so mine often ends up in children’s hospitals. It just doesn’t sit well with me that I could be contaminating a life so young with microplastics and PFAS. I’ve tried to cut as many plastics out of my life as I can to reduce what goes into my body, but its so hard to dump everything.
I will not stop donating since the alternative outcome would likely be worse, and I will keep trying to chop out more plastic (most notoriously food packaging) from my life. I just wish I knew if they filtered these things out or not for sure. It’s been nagging at me for several years now.