Mass-Death

Trump Environmental Rollbacks Cause 80,000 Excess Deaths Per Decade

| Importance: 8/10

Harvard researchers calculated that Trump’s environmental rollbacks would cause 80,000 excess deaths per decade from increased air pollution, with 18,000 deaths from repealing the Clean Power Plan alone. The administration reversed or weakened over 100 environmental regulations, including …

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Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 Crashes Due to MCAS Malfunction, Killing All 157 Aboard

| Importance: 10/10

Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302, a Boeing 737 MAX 8, crashed six minutes after takeoff from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, killing all 157 people aboard from 35 countries. The crash was caused by the same MCAS (Maneuvering Characteristics Augmentation System) malfunction that downed Lion Air Flight 610 five …

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Opioid Epidemic Death Toll Reaches 500,000 Americans Between 2000-2020

| Importance: 10/10

Between 2000 and 2020, approximately 500,000 Americans died from opioid-involved overdoses, representing one of the most devastating preventable public health catastrophes in American history. The death toll resulted from a combination of aggressive pharmaceutical marketing, regulatory capture, and …

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