Download or read book Estimating the Public Health Benefits of Proposed Air Pollution Regulations written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2002-10-30 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: EPA estimates that thousands of premature deaths and cases of illnesses may be avoided by reducing air pollution. At the request of Congress, this report reviews the scientific basis of EPA's methods used in estimating the public health benefits from its air pollution regulations.