I am the webmaster of NoBlood.org. (http://www.NoBlood.org) There you can find an entire forum containing discussions on the reasons to avoid blood. These include:
Blood Supply: How Safe Is Safe Enough?
Allogeneic Blood Transfusion Increases the Risk of Postoperative Bacterial Infection
Acute Hemolytic Reactions
Risk of West Nile Virus (WNV) Infection by Blood Transfusion
Blood Transfusions Raise Death Risk in Very Ill
Red Cross Blood Practices a Health Danger
Falling Blood Supply
SARS and blood donors
Emerging infectious disease issues in blood safety
We also have a new directory of 'currently' 103 hospitals from around the world that offer 'bloodless' medicine and surgery. See: http://www.noblood.org/forum/hospitals.php
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See: http://www.noblood.org/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=5
We also have a new directory of 'currently' 103 hospitals from around the world that offer 'bloodless' medicine and surgery. See: http://www.noblood.org/forum/hospitals.php