Friday, July 25, 2008

EPA has been devaluing human life when it prepares cost-benefit analyses for new regulations


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From OMB Watch
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Life's Value Shrinks at EPA

An Associated Press (AP) investigation released July 10 showed that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been devaluing human life when it prepares cost-benefit analyses for new regulations. Federal agencies such as EPA use the life value, an inaccurate statistic, to help them determine whether a proposal's benefits will outweigh compliance costs to industry. [...]

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