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Nick, nice post, but now tell me:

Do you know of even one case where the EPA has not fudged, biased,
exagerated, or taken the scientific evidence out of context?

I don't of one where they have.

Perhaps you're better informed than me on such political subjects...

Or more naive :-)

The Radon thing is similiar to the case EPA, FAA, or some other federal
agency made claim against smoking aboard airplanes. The motivation was
entirely political and was lobbied by the airline industry, because
simply by prohibitiing smoking on airplanes, the air replacement rate
could be sharply reduced. Since replacement air cost fuel the to heat
the external air to acceptable cabin temperaturs, a significant fuel
savings resulted to the airlines by prohibiting smoking.

Good.

On the downside, recirculation of ambinet air inside the cabin spreads
microbes thoughout the aircraft, which is today why many people become
ill only a few days after a having taken a long airline flight. One can
only hope that among the passangers is no one with antibiotic immune
TB, or worse.

I wonder how this air quality compares to an office building. Did the
smoking prohibition save more lives than the additional microbes took?

Only the naive believe that federal regulation are created out of
totally altruistic intent -- Where in fact most are created as the
result of special interest lobby groups operating out of purely profit
motives.

I see that in building codes and cellphone standards, but oddly enough,
these regulations often still work in the public interest.

Nick