Post B2DfaAHH7bxo5X6xaS by oscarfalcon@mastodon.social
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 (DIR) Post #B2DXCONkEP0tFUI5a4 by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2026-01-12T18:40:15Z
       
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       #EPA to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on #AirPollution In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only the cost to industry when setting pollution limits, & not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.#Trump #law #EnvironmentalLaw #PublicHealth #pollution #health https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/climate/trump-epa-air-pollution.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
       
 (DIR) Post #B2DXTtVNlkoKhND0ca by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2026-01-12T18:43:33Z
       
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       For decades, the #EPA has calculated the #health benefits of reducing #AirPollution, using the cost estimates of avoided #asthma attacks & premature #deaths to justify #CleanAir rules.Not anymore.Under #Trump, the EPA plans to stop tallying gains from the health benefits caused by curbing 2 of the most widespread deadly #air pollutants, fine particulate matter & ozone, when regulating industry, acc/to internal agency emails & documents reviewed by The NYT.#law #PublicHealth #pollution
       
 (DIR) Post #B2DXihxSz0jdEJPOqW by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2026-01-12T18:46:18Z
       
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       It’s a seismic shift that runs counter to the #EPA’s mission statement, which says the agency’s core responsibility is to protect human #health & the #environment, #EnvironmentalLaw experts said.The change could make it easier to repeal limits on these #pollutants from #coal burning power plants, #oil refineries, #steel mills & other industrial facilities across the country, emails & documents show. That would most likely lower costs for companies while resulting in dirtier #air.#Trump #law
       
 (DIR) Post #B2DY1UNxfbYadYkzkO by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2026-01-12T18:49:42Z
       
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       Fine particulate matter, or PM2.5, refers to particles less than 2.5 micrometers in diameter, small enough to penetrate deep into the #lungs & enter the #bloodstream. #Ozone is a #smog-causing gas that forms when nitrogen dioxide & volatile organic compounds are emitted from power plants, factories & vehicles & mix in the #air on hot, sunny days.#Trump #EPA #law #EnvironmentalLaw #PublicHealth #pollution #health
       
 (DIR) Post #B2DY2kyVTb8UNUSHXU by Nonilex@masto.ai
       2026-01-12T18:49:55Z
       
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       Long-term exposure to both #pollutants is linked to #asthma, #heart & #lung #disease, & premature #death. Even moderate exposure to PM2.5 can damage the lungs about as much as smoking.#Trump #law #EnvironmentalLaw #PublicHealth #pollution #health
       
 (DIR) Post #B2DZbhCpa5dAmJNaGO by Lizette603_23@mastodon.social
       2026-01-12T19:07:26Z
       
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       @Nonilex this is literally no surprise just another manifestation of let the serfs die while serving us
       
 (DIR) Post #B2DfaAHH7bxo5X6xaS by oscarfalcon@mastodon.social
       2026-01-12T20:14:22Z
       
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       @Nonilex Ugh, why even have the agency at this point then? fucking get it behind the shed and shoot it in the head. It's what the administration does best isn't it?