Survivors of the tainted blood crisis of the 1980s are sounding the alarm about a proposal by Canadian Plasma Resources (CPR) to pay people for donations of blood plasma, saying it flies in the face of lessons learned 25 years ago when blood was collected from high-risk populations.
CPR, which has two clinics in downtown Toronto all but ready to receive donors, says its proposal is a safe way to secure the growing amounts of plasma needed for life-saving medications.
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