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flag The EPA drops monetizing lives saved from cleaner air, shifting focus to business costs amid health and legal concerns.

flag The Environmental Protection Agency is ending its practice of assigning a monetary value to lives saved by cleaner air, a move seen as a major shift that could weaken pollution standards. flag The change, attributed to the Trump administration, removes health benefits from cost-benefit analyses, focusing instead on economic costs to businesses. flag While the EPA says past assessments involved "false precision," critics call the move a departure from its mission to protect public health, warning it may disproportionately harm vulnerable communities and undermine decades of scientific consensus on air quality. flag The policy’s legal durability remains uncertain.

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