So this is an underestimate of an underestimate of an underestimate. And we found the costs for $250 billion a year in the US population. So that's the subsidy that the industry is getting from us. Half of their revenues are subsidies off of our skin. So at some level, this industry, I hate to say it, is a bit of a loser. I'm not going to call anybody a loser. That's rude. (34:42–34:52)
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Asserts that half of the plastics industry's revenues are effectively subsidies from public health costs.
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