Critics are intensifying their calls for the New Brunswick government to say no to a company that wants to open a paid-plasma clinic in Moncton.
Controversy has followed Canadian Plasma Resources from province to province as it tries to open clinics where donors are compensated for their plasma.
“It’s dangerous because it creates a competitor in our market for the blood plasma that Canadians need to stay alive,” Lanteigne told CBC News on Tuesday.
“When you are commodifying human tissue and allowing a private company to then sell Canadian blood on the world market, you’re taking that away from Canadian patients.”
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