EPA Eyes New Method For Estimating Health Benefits Of Regulations

EPA is proposing a new method for measuring the public health benefits of its regulations, including reduced mortality levels, a major step that could help the agency defend its regulatory decisions and address long-standing criticisms about its existing method by dropping a measurement that places a statistical value on a human life. EPA late last month released a draft paper, "Valuing Mortality Risk Reductions for Environmental Policy," prior to a Jan. 20-21 meeting of EPA Science Advisory Board's (SAB) augmented...