What’s a Human Life Worth? The E.P.A. Says Zero Dollars. - The New York Times Highlight

Dr. Viscusi said that if other agencies followed the E.P.A.’s latest approach, they would leave Americans more vulnerable to a range of threats to their lives and livelihoods.

“Whether it’s highway safety, job safety or consumer product safety, the biggest benefits of regulations are from saving lives,” he said. “If saving lives is made irrelevant, it will undermine the justification for all forms of protective policies.”