John Kerry: “And the judgment made by the agency would be, does this rule or some--at the moment, we make the standard according to…”

“And the judgment made by the agency would be, does this rule or some--at the moment, we make the standard according to health-based and technology-based criteria. And we make an evaluation as to what are the benefits of reducing the air quality. We make an analysis of what is the benefit of breaking it down to the 10 parts per million. Let us say that for 10 parts per million reduction, the cost-benefit analysis shows an expenditure of $100 and it saves 100 lives. But the same analysis has shown that for an expenditure of $105, you could save 150 lives.”