Big Pharma = Big Polution

The Pharmaceutical industry does manufacture beneficial drugs and chemicals. However, they also generate pollution and contaminants:

During the manufacturing process.
From disposal of unused or expired doses.
From the end user’s excretion and disposal of doses.
From livestock farming and feeding operations.

As an unintended consequence, these chemicals end up in our water supply and soil which sustain all life on Earth. This poses a significant risk to our planet and all life on it.

You deserve to know the risks that our planet is facing as a result of the pharmaceutical industry and what is now called, “reproductive health.”

“In a landmark 1999-2000 USGS survey, 80% of water samples from 139 American rivers and streams in 30 states were found to be contaminated with drugs, ranging from antibiotics and antidepressants to contraceptives and hormone replacements. But scientists are particularly concerned about the contraceptive chemical EE2 because of its ability to “feminize” male fishes and its association with plummeting fish fertility.”(1) This USGS survey took place more than two decades ago. Since then, there have been numerous advancements in the field of medicine and rapid expansion of the use of hormones for "reproductive health" and in farming.

There’s Big Money in Big Pharmaceutical. In 2023, the global revenue of the top 10 drug companies was $560 Billion.(2) With that much money to be made every year, it's a recipe for environmental disaster. It also raises a lot of questions. Doesn’t that violate the Clean Water Act? Where is the EPA on this? Why does the FDA approve of these drugs?

Government agencies are set up to safeguard our health and the environment, but they are run by people with agendas. And agendas change. What’s worse is that agendas can be bought, and rules can be broken or unenforced.

US Senator Bernie Sanders said, "drug companies spent $375 million lobbying Congress(3) in 2022.”

These same companies are part of a $1.6 Trillion global pharmaceutical industry that saw a revenue increase of $100 Billion in 2023.(4)

Can we really trust the Government to do the right thing when it’s run by political appointees and under the watch of politicians who raise millions each year from the very people they are supposed to regulate?

Pharmaceutical Pollution

A recent study in Florida confirms pharmaceuticals are being found in fish.

Approximately five billion prescriptions are filled each year in the U.S., yet there are no environmental regulations for the production or disposal of pharmaceuticals worldwide. Pharmaceutical contaminants originate most often from human wastewater and are not sufficiently removed by conventional water treatment. They remain active at low doses and can be released constantly, and exposure can affect all aspects of fish behavior, with negative consequences for their reproduction and survival.(5)

If medicines we flush can hurt fish and aquatic wildlife, what happens when we eat those fish or drink the same contaminated water they live in?