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[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 week ago (30 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 80 points 1 week 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.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 week ago (2 children)

It's called "plasmapheresis", and they'll pay you $40 twice a week to sit in a chair for an hour while they do it.

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

They're so nice to do this out of the goodness of their hearts for any random person that asks for the procedure, at a financial loss, with no ulterior motive whatsoever.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 week ago

I mean, if you really want to, you can go to the hospital and pay them to provide the exact same treatment.

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