Environmental regulations and the agency that enforces them, the EPA, have been singled out for particularly rough treatment. Republicans have scheduled a series of votes starting this week aimed at repealing or halting them. But two reports highlighted today by Politico — one by the Economic Policy Institute, the other by Public Citizen — are a useful reminder that in addition to saving lives and protecting public health, regulation actually spurs economic growth and competition:
A new report by Public Citizen documents five major instances in which the introduction of government regulations led to breakthrough innovations.
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