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#86 Is External Review of EPA Policies Warranted? The Gli as a Case Study
86 Is External Review of EPA Policies Warranted The Gli as a Case Study Author:Daniel W. Smith, Ph.D. In 1995, the Environmental Protection Agency issued its Great Lakes Initiative, increasing the stringency of pollution controls across the Great Lakes basin. Touted by proponents as a cost-effective regulation, the GLI in fact will produce few, if any, human health or economic benefits. A careful review of EPA's own GLI Benefits Analysis s... more »uggests the initiative might avert one cancer over the next 6,000 years or so. The initiative is likely to produce less than $5.00 of benefits for each $1 million spent.« less