The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) changed the dollar value of statistical life in January 2026. What does that mean for the average American? As Anthony Gerber, MD, University of Kentucky, explains to Air Health Our Health host Erika Moseson, MD, MA, this means that they are no longer taking into account how clean air policies and other key legislation will affect human life. In this first of a two-part series on the EPA’s dollar value of a statistical life, Dr. Gerber explains what this change means and why is it significant.
