Assessing the recent estimates of the global burden of disease for ambient air pollution: Methodological changes and implications for low- and middle-income countries

Ostro, Bart; Spadaro, Joseph V.; Gumy, Sophie; Mudu, Pierpaolo; Awe, Yewande; Forastiére, Francesco; Peters, Annette

doi:10.1016/j.envres.2018.03.001

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“…According to the World Health Report 2013, approximately 25% of the global burden of disease can be attributed to environmental risks, such as indoor and outdoor air pollution. Furthermore, the latest Global Burden of Disease study revealed that approximately 2.9 million people worldwide died prematurely due to fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) pollution in 2013 [2,4] and the number of premature deaths worldwide reached 4.2 million in 2015 [5,6]. The above facts indicate that improving environmental quality can significantly reduce health risks and increase social welfare.…”

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Impact of Environmental Regulations on Environmental Quality and Public Health in China: Empirical Analysis with Panel Data Approach

Tang

Jia³

2020

Sustainability

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Achieving high-quality environmental development through environmental regulations and thus enhancing public health is a goal of the Chinese government. Based on the panel data of 30 Chinese provinces from 1998 to 2017, this study demonstrates the co-benefits of environmental regulations on air quality, water, and public health through a panel Granger causality model and mediation effect model. The findings indicate that environmental regulations have a Granger causal effect on public health costs and air and water pollution. Furthermore, the results from the mediation effect model suggest that waste gas treatment could improve air quality, thus reducing public health costs; wastewater treatments could not only reduce public health costs through improvement of the water environment but also increase social welfare. Additionally, air pollution exhibits a greater negative externality impact on health than water pollution. Thus, environmental regulation policies should pay more attention to air pollution control. The findings of this study indicate that environmental regulations have a significant co-benefit on high-quality environmental development and public health.

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Impact of Environmental Regulations on Environmental Quality and Public Health in China: Empirical Analysis with Panel Data Approach

Tang

Jia³

2020

Sustainability

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“…In addition to limited access to healthcare systems, the problem is compounded by the relatively high cost of clinical testing, which may cause many illnesses to go under-reported or mis-diagnosed in economically challenged populations [18]. Despite the complexities involved in linking environmental and socioeconomic factors to epidemiological outcomes, there is no question that such factors can result in serious public health problems, particularly in low-income communities that bear the largest proportion of the burden of environmentally-related diseases [19,20].…”

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Sensor-as-a-Service: Convergence of Sensor Analytic Point Solutions (SNAPS) and Pay-A-Penny-Per-Use (PAPPU) Paradigm as a Catalyst for Democratization of Healthcare in Underserved Communities

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In this manuscript, we discuss relevant socioeconomic factors for developing and implementing sensor analytic point solutions (SNAPS) as point-of-care tools to serve impoverished communities. The distinct economic, environmental, cultural, and ethical paradigms that affect economically disadvantaged users add complexity to the process of technology development and deployment beyond the science and engineering issues. We begin by contextualizing the environmental burden of disease in select low-income regions around the world, including environmental hazards at work, home, and the broader community environment, where SNAPS may be helpful in the prevention and mitigation of human exposure to harmful biological vectors and chemical agents. We offer examples of SNAPS designed for economically disadvantaged users, specifically for supporting decision-making in cases of tuberculosis (TB) infection and mercury exposure. We follow-up by discussing the economic challenges that are involved in the phased implementation of diagnostic tools in low-income markets and describe a micropayment-based systems-as-a-service approach (pay-a-penny-per-use—PAPPU), which may be catalytic for the adoption of low-end, low-margin, low-research, and the development SNAPS. Finally, we provide some insights into the social and ethical considerations for the assimilation of SNAPS to improve health outcomes in marginalized communities.

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“…Over time, many researchers have investigated issues related to the compliance of companies with imposed pollution norms as well as the effects of inspections and controls carried out by national authorities [8,13,27,33,36,43,47]. Literature research usually looks at issues of a legal rather than economic nature [2,5,42].…”

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“…Studies showed the negative impact of economic development on environmental and, especially, air quality [11,[28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]. Ostro [33] published an econometric study applied to a sample of several countries, showing that sulfur oxide particles and carbon emissions increase with economic development, caused mostly by industries. Another study revealed a positive relationship between the probability of conducting an inspection and the size of atmospheric-pollutant emissions [36].…”

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Air-Pollution Control in an Emergent Market: Does It Work? Evidence from Romania

Oncioiu

Dănescu

Popa

2020

IJERPH

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Economic development in a national and international context must be based on a sustainability strategy established on the systemic interaction between the economic, sociocultural, and ecological environments. Today, the world is confronted by many challenges related to climate change and natural-resource flows, including waste streams resulting from economic activity. The need for national and European environmental standards and the work of an environment monitoring authority to reduce air pollution are highlighted by economic and industrial activities. Thus, our research focused on determining if emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen (NO2), and particulate matter 10 (PM10) are influenced by planned and unplanned inspections made by competent authorities from Romania. We built a regression model that estimates the influence of economic measures imposed by the authorities on reducing industrial air pollution. Preliminary results showed that the number of inspections negatively influences air pollution, indicating that national and local authorities in Romania are striving to maintain air quality and are conducting more inspections when air pollution is high.

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Assessing the recent estimates of the global burden of disease for ambient air pollution: Methodological changes and implications for low- and middle-income countries

Cited by 101 publications

References 23 publications

Impact of Environmental Regulations on Environmental Quality and Public Health in China: Empirical Analysis with Panel Data Approach

Impact of Environmental Regulations on Environmental Quality and Public Health in China: Empirical Analysis with Panel Data Approach

Sensor-as-a-Service: Convergence of Sensor Analytic Point Solutions (SNAPS) and Pay-A-Penny-Per-Use (PAPPU) Paradigm as a Catalyst for Democratization of Healthcare in Underserved Communities

Air-Pollution Control in an Emergent Market: Does It Work? Evidence from Romania

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