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applegrove

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Mon May 20, 2019, 04:23 PM May 2019

EPA Plans to Adopt New Math on Premature Deaths

EPA Plans to Adopt New Math on Premature Deaths

May 20, 2019 at 2:09 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard 25 Comments

https://politicalwire.com/2019/05/20/epa-plans-to-adopt-new-math-on-premature-deaths/

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New York Times: “The EPA plans to adopt a new method for projecting the future health risks of air pollution, one that experts said has never been peer-reviewed and is not scientifically sound.”

“The immediate effect of the change would be to drastically lower an estimate last year by the Trump administration that projected as many as 1,400 additional premature deaths per year from a proposed new rule on emissions from coal plants. That, in turn, would make it easier to defend the new regulation.”

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EPA Plans to Adopt New Math on Premature Deaths (Original Post) applegrove May 2019 OP
Yep, just change how that stats tally up and there's no future health risks at all. spanone May 2019 #1
Motherfuckers indeed. SamKnause May 2019 #2
The Trump pollution constant Freethinker65 May 2019 #3
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