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      EPA knocks $900,000 off value of a life - raises bar for safety regulations

      Posted by Jeff from MSNBC

      The "value of a statistical life" is $6.9 million in today's dollars, the Environmental Protection Agency reckoned in May - a drop of nearly $1 million from just five years ago. When drawing up regulations, government agencies put a value on human life and then weigh the costs versus the lifesaving benefits of a proposed rule. The less a life is worth to the government, the less the need for a regulation, such as tighter restrictions on pollution.

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    • Washington Bans Chemicals; Industry Freaks

      Posted by Jeff from Slashdot

      "The governor of Washington is scheduled to sign legislation today to ban flame retardants called PBDEs in furniture, televisions, and computers in the state. This is despite the more than $220,000 the chemical industry has spent since 2005 to defeat the legislation. At a time when the federal government is largely ineffectual in regulating long-used but potentially dangerous industrial chemicals, the Washington ban could be the beginning of the end for PBDEs across the nation.

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      Fish pollutants' link to diabetes

      Posted by Jeff from BBC News

      An international team found high levels of persistent organic pesticides (POPs) in the blood correlated to insulin resistance, a precursor to diabetes. POPs are stored in fatty tissues - the study suggested this may be why obese people are more vulnerable to diabetes.

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    • Thirteen States Sue U.S. EPA Over Soot Emissions

      Posted by Jeff from New York Times

      Bush Moral? Separately today the Bush EPA changed its pollutants reporting requirements for big business... "This case is just one more example of the federal government ignoring sound science in establishing environmental policy and watering down safeguards designed to protect the public,''

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