It has been brought up many times, by libertarian types, more in relation to the FDA, that institutions underweight how many lives could have been saved by an a

It has been brought up many times, by libertarian types, more in relation to the FDA, that institutions underweight how many lives could have been saved by an approval that didn't happen, which could well be a very large number. In principle this sort of bias might apply to the EPA too. For instance with the controversy over DDT. The issue with rhetoric about bias, I think, is that it ends up being an excuse for believing what you want to believe, rather than gathering actionable data.