
Who profits from blood plasma donations in the US? Politics Weekly America podcast
Politics Weekly America
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The Rise of Blood Plasma Donation Centers in the US
At the current moment, we have around a thousand for-profit donation centers in the United States. The volume of these centers has tripled in the last 15 years. They're scattered all over the country, but predominantly found in lower income zip codes. Do any US states restrict the practice of selling blood plasma for money? It seems like all this is pretty legal, right? It's more restricted by wealth and income.
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