Middle-class Americans are selling their plasma to make ends meet. Last year, people in the U.S. made an estimated $4.7 billion selling their plasma... (www.nbcnews.com)

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Donation centers are popping up in middle-class neighborhoods, including suburban strip malls and college towns.

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[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 48 points 4 days ago

The looser rules in the U.S. have turned plasma into a significant export: America supplies 70% of the world’s plasma, shipping $6.2 billion worth overseas in 2024.

[-] came_apart_at_Kmart@hexbear.net 32 points 4 days ago

holy jesus. this stood out, but much of this article is bananatown.

American Exceptionalism

[-] JoeByeThen@hexbear.net 26 points 4 days ago

Ya. I kinda latched on to that because there's an angry little cocktail living in my head from an article I read about 7? years ago that pointed out that something like 3% US exports at the time was blood related.