Stringent Emission Control Policies Can Provide Large Improvements in Air Quality and Public Health in India.

ABSTRACT: Exposure to high concentrations of ambient fine particulate matter (PM_2.5) is a leading risk factor for public health in India causing a large burden of disease. Business-as-usual economic and industrial growth in India is predicted to increase emissions, worsen air quality, and increase the associated disease burden in future decades. Here we use a high-resolution online-coupled model to estimate the impacts of different air pollution control pathways on ambient PM_2.5 concentrations and human health in India. We find that with no change in emissions, the disease burden from exposure to ambient PM_2.5 in 2050 will increase by 75% relative to 2015, due to population aging and growth increasing the number of people susceptible to air pollution. We estimate tha

SUBMITTER: Conibear L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7203661 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature