$561 million of EPA research is swirling the bowl

JunkScience:  How does this photo debunk EPA’s most important ‘scientific’ claim?

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s most powerful regulatory weapon is its ability to regulate fine particulate matter (like soot and dust) in outdoor air. This fine particulate matter is called PM_2.5 (pronounced “Pee-Em-Two-Point-Five”). PM_2.5 is about 1/20 the width of a human hair. PM_2.5 may be natural (e.g., forest fires, volcanoes, dust, pollen, mold) or manmade (e.g., power plant smokestacks, vehicle exhaust).

The EPA has used PM_2.5-based regulations to help destroy the U.S. coal industry. These include the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule and Mercury Air Transport Standards. The EPA relied more on PM_2.5 than greenhouse gases to justify its global warming rules known as the Clean Power Plan. The EPA’s recent ozone rules, reputed to be the most expensive EPA rules ever, are about 90% dependent on EPA’s claims about PM_2.5.

The EPA claims that stringent regulation of PM_2.5 is necessary because PM_2.5 supposedly kills hundreds of thousands of Americans annually after either long-term (decades) or short-term (hours, days) inhalation exposures (i.e., breathing normal air).

The EPA has given researchers about $581 million to research the supposed health effects of inhaling particulate matter from outdoor air.

Here, we will debunk the notion that PM_2.5  kills on a long-term basis — at a cost of about $5.  MORE