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ChristianKl comments on Politics Discussion Thread February 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: ChristianKl 18 March 2013 09:50:53PM 0 points [-]

Quite recently under Obama the EPA did make a decision to limit mercury polution which got opposed by the Republicans.

If you accept that lead should be regulated then why not mercury? The EPA did a pretty good calculation that estimated the costs and benefits of mercury regulation.