The Impact of Safeguard Shutdown Bills: Factsheets by State

Current regulatory reform efforts would delay the creation of new safeguards and standards that hold corporations accountable and protect the public. The result would be demonstrable harm for the American people.

Here is the impact of delaying just three important rules by one year:

Delaying rule making our food safer: 9,838,773 food-poisoned Americans per year

Delaying update to rule reducing soot pollution causes as many as:

• 1.4 million additional asthma attacks among children
• 2.7 million days of missed work or school due to air pollution-caused ailments

Delaying Pre-Existing Condition Rule: 1.6 million American Cancer Patients’ Health Coverage At Risk

Check out the impacts of delaying safeguards at the state level.