【美国真相：“血液经济”的灰色地带】在美国，血液是一门大生意，占全国出口总额的2.69%。这个国家提供了全球94%的付费血浆，创造了独特的血液经济。在全球大部分国家和地区，有偿采集血浆属于违法行为，而在美国，每人每周允许“捐献”血浆2次，一年最多可捐献104次，每次平均可以获得35到65美元的报酬。

CGTN 拍客采访了一位靠“捐献”血浆获得额外收入的墨西哥移民以利亚撒·桑切斯（Eleazar Sanchez）。虽然有一份在养老院当助理的固定工作，但每月1200美元的收入仍令他入不敷出。因此，他通过每月“捐献”8次血浆获得500美元左右的收入，用来支付房租和日常消费等。这样的生活已经过了一年多，他说：“虽然捐献血浆的收入确实能解燃眉之急，但我并不想一直这样下去。”像他这样的人还有很多。

In America, blood means big business – making up 2.69 percent of total exports. The U.S. also supplies 94 percent of the paid plasma used around the world. In most countries, blood donation for compensation is banned, but the U.S. allows a person to "donate" plasma twice a week, or 104 times a year, for an average of $35 to $65 per visit.

Eleazar Sanchez is a Mexican immigrant who made extra money by "donating" plasma. Although he was paid $1,200 per month as an assistant at a nursing home, the income isn't sufficient to pay for his family's life in the U.S. He "donates" plasma twice a week and is paid around $500 per month, which he uses to pay the bills and rent. He has lived like this for over one year. "It's helpful, an extra help, but it's something I don't want to do forever," he said. There are many others like him. http://t.cn/A6Ny5RI6