Blood filtration may also scrub 'forever chemicals' from the body, study finds
TL;DR
A study of plasmapheresis, a blood-filtering technique used to lower cholesterol, found that it also reduced levels of several PFAS 'forever chemicals' and microplastics in patients’ blood, with PFAS dropping up to about 25%. However, the results are not yet proven in a controlled trial, and researchers caution that preventing exposure remains the primary solution while further research is conducted.
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