The EPA just erased a century of public health progress The agency says the ‘value of statistical life’ is too uncertain to quantify. That’s both incorrect and morally wrong

https://www.statnews.com/2026/02/02/epa-value-statistical-life-public-health-betrayal/ By Michelle A. WilliamsFeb. 2, 2026 Williams is a professor of epidemiology and population health at Stanford University School of Medicine and former dean of the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.