"As part of its mission to minimize the use of highly enriched uranium (HEU), NNSA's Office of Material Management and Minimization was tasked to lead the Molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) program. Mo-99 is an isotope that is used in over 40,000 medical procedures in the United States each day, but is 100% supplied by foreign vendors, most of which use HEU in the production process."
It also identifies four private companies currently working with the U.S. government:
 · NorthStar Medical Radioisotopes, LLC, located in Beloit, Wisconsin
 · SHINE Medical Technologies, located in Janesville, Wisconsin Northwest
 · Medical Isotopes, located in Corvallis, Oregon
 · Niowave, Inc., located in Lansing, Michigan"
Medical isotopes are a lucrative, growing business and one that is essential to human health.
Radiotherapy can be used to treat some medical conditions, especially cancer, using radiation to weaken or destroy particular targeted cells.
 · Over 40 million nuclear medicine procedures are performed each year, and demand for radioisotopes is increasing at up to 5% annually.
 · Sterilization of medical equipment is also an important use of radioisotopes
The global radioisotope market was valued at $9.6 billion in 2016, with medical radioisotopes accounting for about 80% of the total, and poised to reach about $17 billion by 2021. North America is the dominant market for diagnostic radioisotopes with close to half of the market share, while Europe accounts for about 20%. Hence, 70% of the global medical radioisotopes goes to a population of 778 million people (US 331 and EU 447 million) while 7 billion (global population 7.8 billion less US and EU) are left with only 30%.
Where there is health imperialism, profit, and discrimination, there is Bill Gates. According to the Journal of Economics and Sociology (2015), Bill Gates, the single biggest contributor to World Health Organization (WHO):
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