Researchers find cholesterol-filtering procedure may also remove PFAS, microplastics

Researchers find cholesterol-filtering procedure may also remove PFAS, microplastics

A procedure reserved for difficult-to-manage cholesterol disorders may be removing more than lipid particles from the bloodstream.  Early evidence suggests that the treatment can also reduce levels of some so-called "forever chemicals" and microplastics. What happened? A German research team studied patients receiving therapeutic apheresis after medication failed to bring dangerous blood-fat levels down enough. In this treatment, blood is routed…