"to rectify this error, the EPA is no longer monetizing benefits from PM2.5 and ozone."
"Not monetizing does not equal not considering or not valuing the human health impact."
"the "quiet part out loud," one environmental advocate said."
""uncertainties" associated with monetized impacts of the two pollutants"
The Environmental Protection Agency will count only costs to businesses when evaluating regulations for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ozone, and will cease monetizing mortality and health benefits from reductions in those pollutants. An internal supervisor email cites "uncertainties" in monetized impacts and states that the agency is no longer monetizing benefits from PM2.5 and ozone. The EPA has historically assigned monetary values to human life and lost labor when estimating regulatory benefits. In 2024 the agency tightened PM2.5 limits, estimating prevention of up to 4,500 premature deaths and 290,000 lost workdays in 2032.
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