2008-07-11 16:25:52.840613+02 by Dan Lyke 1 comments
Not only is the value of the dollar dropping, so is the value of a life: EPA has lowered the "value of a statistical life" to $6.9 million, a million less than five years ago.
Keep that dollar value in mind as you breathe the pollution...
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#Comment Re: made: 2008-07-11 16:30:37.11751+02 by: Dan Lyke
Washington Post goes further into the policy reasons and implications of the change, via this MeFi thread.
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