New EPA calculations under Trump put the value of your life at nothing

The EPA sets the value of human life and health at zero: A further comment

By assigning zero economic value to lives saved through environmental protection while attributing full value to corporate profitability, the Trump administration is imposing the entire social and biological cost of production on the working class.

New EPA calculations under Trump put the value of your life at nothing

For decades, the Environmental Protection Agency has calculated the health benefit costs associated with reducing air pollution by setting limits on two of the most widespread deadly air pollutants, until now

EPA Is Setting the Value of Human Health to $0 - Organic Consumers

EPA Is Setting the Value of Human Health to $0January 14, 2026 | Source: EPIC | by Umair Irfan The Environmental Protection Agency is taking a major step toward changing its math to favor polluters over people: It’s going to stop tallying up the dollar value of lives saved and hospital visits avoided by air pollution regulations. Instead, the agency will consider the effects of regulations without attaching a price tag to human life. In parti…

What’s a human life worth? The E.P.A. says zero dollars.

The Environmental Protection Agency has stopped estimating the dollar value of lives saved in the cost-benefit analyses for new pollution rules.