Health, air pollution, and animal agriculture

Lavaine, Emmanuelle; Majerus, Philippe; Treich, Nicolas

doi:10.1007/s41130-020-00124-w

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“…The global simulation showed that agriculture, largely due to animal farming, is the largest contributing sector to PM 2.5 in eastern United States, Russia, East Asia, and Europe. 46 , 47 For instance, food-related PM 2.5 pollution caused 15,900 annual deaths in the United States. About 80% of these deaths could be attributable to animal-based food.…”

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“…48 A 50% decrease in agricultural ammonia emissions would reduce annual PM 2.5 concentration levels by 11%, 8%, and 5% in Europe, North America, and East Asia respectively. 47 Promoting the plant-based dietary pattern at the population level may be a cost-effective strategy for decreasing the relevant burden of diseases induced by air pollution.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Interaction between plant-based dietary pattern and air pollution on cognitive function: a prospective cohort analysis of Chinese older adults

Zhu

Chen

Shen

et al. 2022

The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific

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Background Air pollution is a risk factor for poor cognitive function, while a plant-based dietary pattern is associated with better cognitive function. We aimed to explore their interaction with cognitive function among older adults.Methods We used a prospective cohort of old individuals, including 6525 participants of the Chinese Longitudinal Healthy Longevity Survey (CLHLS), aged 65-110 years and with normal cognition at baseline. Air pollution measurement was derived using satellite-derived annual average fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) concentrations based on residential locations. Plant-based diet index (PDI) was calculated using survey responses to assess the dietary pattern. Repeated measures of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) were utilized to assess cognitive function. We applied the Cox proportional hazard regression to explore the associations and further stratified the analysis by PDI.Findings During a median of 5¢6-year follow-up, 1537 (23¢6%) out of 6525 participants with normal cognition at baseline developed poor cognitive function (MMSE <18). Living in areas with the highest quintile of cumulative PM 2.5 was associated with a 46% increase in the risk of developing poor cognitive function (hazard ratio (HR): 1¢46, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1¢20, 1¢77), compared to those living in areas with the lowest quintile. We observed a significant interaction between cumulative PM 2.5 and PDI (p-interaction: 0¢04), with the corresponding associations of cumulative PM 2.5 being more pronounced among participants with lower PDI (HR: 1¢68, 95% CI: 1¢26, 2¢24) than those with higher PDI (HR: 1¢28, 95% CI: 0¢98, 1¢68).Interpretation Plant-based dietary pattern may attenuate detrimental impacts of PM 2.5 on cognitive function among older adults. Adherence to the plant-based dietary pattern could be used to prevent adverse neurological effects caused by air pollution, especially in developing regions.

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Interaction between plant-based dietary pattern and air pollution on cognitive function: a prospective cohort analysis of Chinese older adults

Zhu

Chen

Shen

et al. 2022

The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific

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“…More than 55% of P M 2.5 emissions in France originate from the residential and tertiary sector, while 15% originate from the transport sector (Lavaine et al, 2020;Citepa, 2022). By contrast, N O x emissions primarily originate from the transport sector (58%).…”

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The Heterogeneous Effects of Lockdown Policies on Air Pollution^∗

Briole¹,

Colette

Lavaine³

2023

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While a sharp decline in air pollution has been documented during early Covid-19 lockdown periods, the stability and homogeneity of this effect are still under debate. Building on pollution data with a very high level of resolution, this paper estimates the impact of lockdown policies on PM2.5 exposure in France over the whole year 2020. Our analyses highlight a surprising and undocumented increase in exposure to particulate pollution during lockdown periods. This result is observed during both lockdown periods, in early spring and late fall, and is robust to several identification strategies and model specifications. Combining administrative datasets with machine learning techniques, this paper also highlights strong spatial heterogeneity in lockdown effects, especially according to long-term pollution exposure.

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“…However, we can also imagine cases where π(ω) is increasing with ω. For instance, intensive farming might contribute to air pollution leading to health externality (Lavaine et al, 2020). In this case, consumers might selfishly benefit from restrictions on intensive farming.…”

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Animals and social welfare

Espinosa

2023

Soc Choice Welf

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I propose a framework to evaluate the social gains from policies regarding animals. The model considers both the welfare of animals and humans. The gains in animal welfare are estimated by considering the violations of the animals' fundamental freedoms weighted for each species. I apply this framework to twenty policy proposals targeting wild, domestic, farmed, and laboratory animals. Although the policies benefit from widespread popular support in France (the annual willingnesses-to-pay range between 15 and 39 Euros per person per year), I show that they have very heterogeneous impacts on animal welfare (valued at between 0.013 and 3,618 Euros per person per year). I further show that humans' willingness-to-pay for policies improving animal welfare is a poor predictor of the effective impact on animal welfare of these policies. I conclude that it is essential to value animal welfare per se in cost-benefit analyses in order to determine the set of welfare-increasing policies.

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Health, air pollution, and animal agriculture

Abstract: for useful comments or discussions. Nicolas Treich acknowledges financial support from the ANR under grant ANR-17-EURE-0010 (the Investissements d'Avenir program), INRAE and the FDIR chair.

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Interaction between plant-based dietary pattern and air pollution on cognitive function: a prospective cohort analysis of Chinese older adults

Interaction between plant-based dietary pattern and air pollution on cognitive function: a prospective cohort analysis of Chinese older adults

The Heterogeneous Effects of Lockdown Policies on Air Pollution^∗

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Health, air pollution, and animal agriculture

Abstract: for useful comments or discussions. Nicolas Treich acknowledges financial support from the ANR under grant ANR-17-EURE-0010 (the Investissements d'Avenir program), INRAE and the FDIR chair.

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Interaction between plant-based dietary pattern and air pollution on cognitive function: a prospective cohort analysis of Chinese older adults

Interaction between plant-based dietary pattern and air pollution on cognitive function: a prospective cohort analysis of Chinese older adults

The Heterogeneous Effects of Lockdown Policies on Air Pollution∗

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