‘Plasma was called liquid gold’: the true story of the UK infected blood scandal

Documents examined by inquiry show officials knew people were being given infected blood products, but sanctioned their use• Read more:government was warned of infected blood risks in 1970s; plus:‘My mum gave the injections that killed my brothers’On a former slave owner ’s cotton plantation in Arkansas, the sprawling Cummins state farm prison covers 6,700 hectares (16,500 acres) and can house nearly 1,900 inmates.It is a working farm with vegetable crops, a dairy and livestock, but for more than two decades its most lucrative product was the blood plasma harvested from the convicts.Continue reading...
Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - Category: Science Authors: Tags: Contaminated blood scandal Aids and HIV Infectious diseases Bayer Microbiology NHS Health Society Hepatitis B Hepatitis C Medical research UK news Source Type: news