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=== The problem in detail === ==== Environmental Destruction: ==== Approximately 194B plastic bottles are produced by the pharmaceutical industry annually, with only 9% recycled. Plastic that is not recycled ends up in our oceans, landfills, or being incinerated. When plastic enters our oceans and landfills, they break down into microplastics that have a direct impact on our health. Plastics that are incinerated release toxins into the air we breathe. ==== Quality Infrastructure Erosion: ==== Only 1% of medicine in the U.S. is tested and there are ~3 drug recalls a day. The rapid growth of our healthcare needs are exceeding the quality infrastructure required to protect us. Not only are healthcare and medicine industries destroying the environment, but they cut corners in quality to do it. ==== Transactional Healthcare: ==== 3B+ over-the-counter medicine purchases annually in the U.S., with no care. When it comes to our personal healthcare and medicine needs, we’re mostly on our own. Today, people are unable to tell the difference between COVID-19, allergies, colds, or the flu; and the vast majority of us have no one to ask for help. This is only a small example of how transactional care in health causes deep problems. There are 3B+ transactions of over-the-counter medicines a year and they’re treated just like buying shampoo or razor blades. Consumers have no one to help guide them to plans or products that can address their health issues. ==== We should never have to compromise on our personal health or the health of our planet. ==== And yet, over the last 2 years, Covid has accelerated this unsustainable cycle: there are now more masks in the ocean than jellyfish, the FDA has been focused on the pandemic vs. improving medicine quality infrastructure, and we're making healthcare transactions while healthcare workers are stretched thin. ==== We need to act now to break this unsustainable cycle. ==== "194B plastic bottles" based on market research and internal industry knowledge
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