09/05/2026
Is the placenta a filter? Great question!
The placenta is often referred to as a filter by practitioners but that is a misleading term for the placenta. To explain why, let's start with how the placenta works.
Let's use an A/C filter as an example — we use filters all of the time to remove unwanted particles and toxins then throwing them into the trash once they have reached capacity.
The placenta does not function as a filter in this sense, but more as a gatekeeper between the mother and fetus.
The placenta’s job is to keep the maternal and fetal blood separate, while allowing nutrients to pass to the fetus, gas exchange to occur, and allowing waste from the fetus to pass through to the mother.
The placenta does prevent most toxins from passing through to the fetus, but they are NOT STORED, but passed along through the blood into the mother's filters—her liver and kidneys. At this point the waste materials are then eliminated by the mother's body.
STUDIES:
• Heavy Metal Concentration in Human Placenta from Southern Poland. Sawicka-Kapusta, et. al. 2010 Proceedings of 15th International Conference on Heavy Metals in the Environment. INIS-PL--2010-0005
• Human placentophagy: Effects of dehydration and steaming on hormones, metals and bacteria in placental tissue. Sophia K. Johnsona Tanja Grotena Jana Pastuscheka Jürgen Rödelb Ulrike Sammerc Udo R. Markerta. Placenta-Lab, Department of Obstetrics, Jena University Hospital, Jena Analytik & Consulting, Institute of Medical Microbiology, Jena University Hospital–Jena, Germany
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