UK contaminated blood scandal
The dangers of blood as a commodity
A recent inquiry revealed that commercial blood transfusions infected 33,000 Britons with HIV and Hepatitis C, a risk that Brazil overcame with the Henfil Law and Hemobrás – risks which may return with the proposed Plasma PEC
Tens of thousands infected with Hepatitis C and HIV in UK blood contamination scandal
The results of an inquiry confirmed that around 30,000 people in the United Kingdom received Hepatitis C and HIV-infected transfusions between 1970 and 1991
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