Episode
Deaths raise concerns over selling plasma in Canada
- Podcast
- The Decibel
- Published
- May 25, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 1357
- Processing state
not_requested- Canonical source
- https://www.theglobeandmail.com/podcasts/the-decibel/
Actions
POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-decibel-3326560/episodes/deaths-raise-concerns-over-selling-plasma-in-canada/transcription-requests
Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-decibel-3326560/deaths-raise-concerns-over-selling-plasma-in-canada.md
Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.
Summary
Getting paid for plasma – the yellow-gold liquid part of blood – in Canada is still pretty new. It’s full of protein and antibodies and can be used to make medicine for immunodefficient people. But following the deaths of two plasma donors, the practice is facing criticism and concerns are being raised about its safety. Chris Hannay is a business of healthcare reporter for The Globe. He’s on the show today to discuss how plasma collection works in Canada, what he’s learned from his experience donating, and how the growing practice of paid plasma is regulated.