the fallacy of alturism under capitalism.
Per the EPAs mission statement of protecting human health and the environment, one would think that a policy change to ignore the costs of human health to be contradictory. However, given the history of the EPA, there has always been the underlying issue of business and capitalism. Defining the costs of human health is complex - Do you only include health issues that can be directly, inextricably tied to PM 2.5? Do you include only those that go to the doctor? There are many Americans that are uninsured and will avoid doctor visits as long and as frequently as possible. How do you calculate the cost of treatment and care? Do you include the lost wages of said person, their lost potential to earn wages or make profit for a company? How exactly do you calculate the potential of someone who may be at least partially disabled by poor air quality? There are a lot of questions that go into answering what the human cost is, and all of them open a door for debate. Living in Sa...