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Government officials have to use complicated calculations when creating rules for the environment, weighing financial costs and the impact on human health. A possible change to mercury rules may reveal that the EPA is putting less weight on the latter than it has before. Meanwhile, lawmakers urge EPA to move faster to regulate dangerous industrial chemicals.