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[–] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 36 points 2 days ago (30 children)

Couldn't they do some dialysis type thing with our blood somehow? Idk shit about science lol

[–] L0rdMathias@sh.itjust.works 80 points 2 days ago (24 children)

Yes, in theory. It's extremely dangerous and absurdly expensive. It also would only address the microplastics currently in the bloodstream - the ones already embedded into organ tissues wouldn't be reliably filtered out this way.

[–] Rednax@lemmy.world 48 points 1 day ago (15 children)

When it comes to PFAS contamination, people have been having decent results by simply donating blood often. Getting it out of the system via blood does help to reduce overall levels in your body.

[–] vodka@feddit.org 59 points 1 day ago

I love how we've come back around to bloodletting

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