EPA Air Pollution Restrictions No Longer Consider Human Cost

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The GOP is never beating the death cult allegations. In a move completely antithetical to the agency’s entire purpose, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it will no longer factor the monetary benefits to human health when crafting restrictions on air pollutants. 

According to the New York Times, the EPA has historically placed a dollar value on how much regulations on fine particulate matter and ozone would prevent asthma attacks and premature deaths from air pollution.