U.S. value of each human life than the 6.9 million U.S. dollars five years ago, "devaluation" of millions of

According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's latest assessment, each American lives are worth only about 6.9 million U.S. dollars, the depreciation of nearly five years ago than 1 million U.S. dollars.

According to the Joint Zaobao Wang reported that the Laws and environmental experts from the protest, this is because the value of statistical life (value of astatisticallife) will decrease impact on the lives of Americans.





Government agencies in formulating policies and regulations, the first national estimates of the value of statistical life, and this figure as the yardstick, against the proposed regulations a cost-benefit analysis.

This means that the lower the value of Vital Statistics, the Government will be able to avoid the implementation of some of the more stringent policies, such as limiting pollution.

The assumption that the implementation of a cost of 18 billion U.S. dollars, but it will keep 2,500 lives. If each human life of the old 7.8 million U.S. dollars in value terms, the effectiveness of the Ordinance will be required to spend more than the cost, but if the value of each human life down to the current 6.9 million U.S. dollars, the Ordinance will be greater than the cost-effectiveness, Government can decide not to adopt.

Some environmentalists have accused President Bush does not want the government to implement more stringent measures, so think of this trick, to reduce the statistical value of human life.

EPA denied the accusations, and that economists are based on the number of people willing to spend money to avoid engaging in risky activities, and how many employers are willing to pay extra wages for employees to assume more risk, to calculate the value of Vital Statistics; It also Said that people should not regard the figure as is the value of a human life.

In 2004, the EPA will first cut the value of statistical life eight percent, then in May this year the implementation of the control of trains and ships of the air pollution policy, the council also cancelled the 2001 inflation rate of the normal adjustment; two The changes in the value of statistical life to 11 percent.

EPA policy, economic and creative director of Maijia Lan said that in the value of vital statistics reflect only the number of consumers are willing to pay money to avoid the risk of lives.

However, Vanderbilt University economist Weisikuxi believes that the EPA cut the value of statistical life is illogical.

He said: "As people become increasingly affluent, vital statistics relative value should also increase." Weisikuxi also said that there is no information that Americans are unwilling to pay more to reduce risk. (Source:中新网)
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