Fine-scale damage estimates of particulate matter air pollution reveal opportunities for location-specific mitigation of emissions.

ABSTRACT: Fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) air pollution has been recognized as a major source of mortality in the United States for at least 25 years, yet much remains unknown about which sources are the most harmful, let alone how best to target policies to mitigate them. Such efforts can be improved by employing high-resolution geographically explicit methods for quantifying human health impacts of emissions of PM_2.5 and its precursors. Here, we provide a detailed examination of the health and economic impacts of PM_2.5 pollution in the United States by linking emission sources with resulting pollution concentrations. We estimate that anthropogenic PM_2.5 was responsible for 107,000 premature deaths in 2011, at a cost to society of $886 billion. Of these d

SUBMITTER: Goodkind AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6500143 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature