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> Collecting such individual data via blood & urine samples (possibly fat biopsies & breast milk as well) on a yearly basis should really be part of a standard medical checkup procedure

No so long as sickness is so profitable. The incentives aren't there like you would think.

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It's not so much that sickness is profitable as the abject laziness and refusal to properly dispose of chemical byproducts in industry, as that costs money which hurts the bottom line. This is absolutely rampant worldwide and governments are corruptly influenced to look the other way to more or less degree depending on the country you are in.

What about in every western country where it isn't profitable?

I disagree with the comment you are replying to, but I also disagree with yours too.

Healthcare is crazy profitable. Insurance companies, healthcare providers, suppliers etc form a decent chunk of most western economies, the US of A in particular.

I'm specifically not talking about the states, and talking about countries with public health care.

~40% of is spent on “External service providers” out of ~$2B budget by my local public health board. So there is leeway for private profit in public health in my country at least. https://www.cdhb.health.nz/wp-content/uploads/d682178a-cante... See page 79 of PDF or page 71 printed (note about ~50% of budget is for personnel)

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