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War on Measurement

Government data sets are used to set our homeowners insurance rates, plan for severe storms, and distribute education dollars.

This data you paid for is now offline.

Read below to understand just what has gone missing.

The EPA is no longer investigating chemical accidents

The EPA, like many other govt agencies, has been gutted. How does this impact you? Remember the Biolab fire? The division that investigates those accidents doesn’t exist anymore. (Even the chemical industry is against this closure). Air quality monitoring prevents asthma and deaths. But now, that data is no longer being reported, and we just have to take industry’s word for it that they are complying with emissions standards.

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