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Firefighters get exposed to a lot of PFAS from the fire suppressant foam. Firefighters who donated blood regularly had lower levels of blood-PFAS than non-donors. Donating blood might be one current option to reduce your PFAS levels.

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misterdoctor@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Pardon my ignorance, but if your blood has high levels of PFAS, wouldn’t you then be donating contaminated blood?

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- mrcleanup@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Yes. But when you need a transfusion to live it’s still a good deal for you. Besides, you can always just donate blood later to bring your levels back down.
  
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  - jol@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Sorry doctor, I only accept free rage, organic, pfas free blood transfusions.
    
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- dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Maybe, I’m ignorant of the answer to that. I think they often separate blood so maybe it gets filtered.
  
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jol@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
So what you’re saying is the cure is… Blood letting?

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- Coldcell@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Always has been 🌍👨‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀
  
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- dumblederp@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  Lol. Sounds like some RFK nonsense when you put it like that.
  
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Waterdoc@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
It’s the foams specifically for fighting fuel fires that are made from PFAS. Unfortunately, their safety gear also is loaded with PFAS.

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