The Star: Blood agency would turn us into stop ‘n’ shops

Posted on: August 6th, 2016 by webmaster

The CBC reports that the company tried to open clinics in Toronto in 2014, and when Ontario legally banned paying donors, it headed to Saskatchewan, where it was welcomed. It has hired lobbyists to try to persuade other provinces to let it in.

Plasma, the company explains, “is the straw-coloured liquid portion of blood.” Hey, it’s mostly water. No big deal. The ads are deliberately drab, with jugs of the urineish-looking fluid and packs of cheerful people in white coats awaiting things watery. If the place looked like the blood garage it actually is, you might be alarmed, but no.

Read the full article on The Star web site.