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EPA Will No Longer Consider Lives Saved in Pollution Rules, Only Cost to Business (truthout.org)
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"The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now only counting costs to businesses when considering regulation on key pollutants, internal documents show, rather than considering human lives saved by such caps."

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[–] 14 points 1 month ago (1 child)

EPA exists only to save human lives/illness. Protecting the commons as well as private victims. It should exist for that function.

Headline is saying EPA should no longer exist, if all rules that protect people will be removed.

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