There's a lot about this business you don't know. Post to Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1nqQ6Ss Like BuzzFeedVideo on Facebook: http://on.fb.me/1ilcE7k Post to Twitter: http://bit.ly/1l3f3WU Music: "Diamond Edge" Warner/Chappell Sources: http://www.nbcnews.com/health/banned-life-why-gay-men-still-cant-donate-blood-6C10622947 http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/12/giving/donations-getting-too-much-of-a-good-thing.html http://www.wptv.com/news/local-news/investigations/blood-money-what-you-didnt-know-about-your-blood-donation http://www.academia.edu/386456/BAD_BLOOD_THE_9_11_BLOOD-DONATION_DISASTER_The_New_Republic http://inspiyr.com/is-donating-blood-good-for-you/ http://www.cracked.com/article_18519_6-people-youve-never-heard-who-probably-saved-your-life.html http://www.bloodcenters.org/blood-donation/facts-about-blood-donation/ http://www.nytimes.com/1991/07/07/business/all-about-blood-banks-a-multibillion-dollar-business-in-a-nonprofit-world.html http://www.forbes.com/sites/erincarlyle/2012/06/27/blood-money-the-guys-who-trade-your-blood-for-profit/ http://consciouscoconuts.com/benefit/facts/ http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2006/09/the_business_of_blood.html Footage: Film Footage courtesy of Shutterstock, Inc., Used by Permission "Follow the Blood" by City of Hope, http://cityofhope.org/ http://vimeo.com/89058452 "Spot Blood Up" by Ena Kurtagic Granulo: http://www.studioen.it/ https://vimeo.com/76856524 "What's Your Type" by Jeremy Williams, www.jwilliamsvideo.com https://vimeo.com/64608780 http://www.blood.ca/ LINKS www.buzzfeed.com www.buzzfeed.com/video www.youtube.com/buzzfeed www.youtube.com/buzzfeedvideo www.youtube.com/buzzfeedyellow www.youtube.com/buzzfeedpop www.youtube.com/cnnbuzzfeed BUZZFEED VIDEO BuzzFeed is the world's first true social news organization.  Featuring tasty, short, fun, inspiring, funny, edgy, interesting videos from theBuzzFeed. /BuzzFeedVideo is BuzzFeed's original YouTube Channel, with a focus on producing great short-form BuzzFeed videos for YouTube (and the world!). BuzzFeed Video will entertain, educate, spark conversation, inspire and delight.  Subscribe to BuzzFeedVideo today and check us out at http://buzzfeed.com