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Cutting EPA budget puts babies at risk – and makes little economic sense

  • Written by Patricia Smith, Professor of Economics, University of Michigan

President Donald Trump recently ordered an air strike on Syria, fueled in part by moral outrage at images of babies being injured and killed by airborne toxins.

American babies are under threat as well. In this case, the culprit is the Trump administration’s proposal to slash the Environmental Protection Agency’s budget by 31 percent,...

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