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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

So what you're saying is the cure is... Blood letting?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago

Always has been 🌍👨‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀

[–] [email protected] 3 points 14 hours ago

Lol. Sounds like some RFK nonsense when you put it like that.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

Pardon my ignorance, but if your blood has high levels of PFAS, wouldn’t you then be donating contaminated blood?

[–] [email protected] 8 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 15 hours ago

Sorry doctor, I only accept free rage, organic, pfas free blood transfusions.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 20 hours ago

Maybe, I'm ignorant of the answer to that. I think they often separate blood so maybe it gets filtered.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 21 hours ago

It's the foams specifically for fighting fuel fires that are made from PFAS. Unfortunately, their safety gear also is loaded with PFAS.