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The EPA drops valuing lives saved by cleaner air, shifting focus to business costs, sparking concerns over public health and equity.
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.
The change, attributed to the Trump administration, removes health benefits from cost-benefit analyses, focusing instead on economic costs to businesses.
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.
The policy’s legal durability remains uncertain.
La EPA deja de valorar las vidas salvadas por un aire más limpio, cambiando el enfoque a los costos empresariales, provocando preocupaciones sobre la salud pública y la equidad.