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EPA Cuts the Value of a Life by $1M

Statistical trim makes life-saving regulation harder to justify

By Peter Fearon,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 11, 2008 4:13 AM CDT

(Newser) – The Environmental Protection Agency has quietly reduced the hypothetical value of a human life by almost a million dollars to $6.9 million, reports the AP. The figure is used in cost benefit analyses to weigh the life-saving potential of environmental protection policies. Placing a...   Read full story »

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