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		swiley on Nov 18, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The cognitive costs of air pollution We need to quantify how bad pollution is exactly. How many people should be allowed to die because the ICE ambulance can’t reach them or the doctor isn’t able to travel to the hospital or food isn’t able to be delivered for a reasonable price etc.

bryanmgreen on Nov 18, 2019 [–]

Want some numbers from our government about pollution?

New coal legislation was pushed through with an intensive study by the EPA....

They said it would kill up to 14,000 people.

1) https://www.epa.gov/sites/production/files/2018-08/documents...

2) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/21/climate/epa-coal-pollutio...

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