Construction activities drive half of China's ambient PM_2.5 health burden.

ABSTRACT: Construction activities generate substantial air pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions, contributing heavily to ambient PM_2.5 exposure and associated mortality worldwide. In China, rapid urbanization has driven a massive expansion of the construction sector, with emissions arising from building material production, onsite operations, upstream supply chains, and operational energy use in buildings. Although end-of-pipe controls have markedly lowered pollutant emissions since 2013, further reductions are increasingly costly, and air quality and climate policies remain poorly integrated. The full lifecycle health burden imposed by construction-related air pollution, its temporal evolution, and the scope for health co-benefits from decarbonization-particularly across urban and rur

SUBMITTER: Wang Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12906150 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature