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EPA to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution
- lateforwork 9mo agoSummary: In a seismic shift that runs counter to the its mission, the EPA plans to stop tallying gains from the health benefits caused by curbing two of the most widespread deadly air pollutants, fine particulate matter and ozone, when regulating industry. Long-term exposure to both pollutants is linked to asthma, heart and lung disease, and premature death. Even moderate exposure to PM2.5 can damage the lungs about as much as smoking.
- klaff 9mo agoThey had to erase the one good thing (that I can recall) that Nixon was involved in.
- burnt-resistor 9mo agoThat and China. I think that's the total extent of another broken clock ever being right.
- throw0101d 9mo agohttps://archive.is/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/climate/trump-epa-air-pollution.html https://archive.is/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/climat... https://archive.is/pC0NV https://archive.is/pC0NV