weighing the costs and benefits of regulations for industry, workers, and the public. These cold, analytical methods dismay many Ameri- cans. Industry leaders and some scientists, on the other hand, argue that scientific knowledge has not advanced far enough to make firm judgments possible.
Ruckelshaus would alter the EPA's role, leaving it with the power to set broad national pollution standards that would be applied local government. That would reduce the dangers of excessive, abstract regulations...