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The Environmental Protection Agency announced in June its new mandate for a reduction in federally acceptable ozone levels from 84 parts per billion to 70 or 75 parts per billion. Hundreds of cities and counties will be out of compliance. Scientists, economists, and health professionals critical of the proposed regulations point out that the costs of complying will be enormous, but the promised benefits are highly dubious.
"At best it can be argued that the benefits of the new restrictions are unknown," says Dr. Elizabeth Whelan, president of the American Council on Science and Health. "But the costs of the draconian proposal are quite clear. EPA estimates, for example, range between $6.5 billion and ...