Valuing the health benefits of clean air.
An assessment of health effects due to ozone and particulate matter (PM10) suggests that each of the 12 million residents of the South Coast Air Basin of California experiences ozone-related symptoms on an average of up to 17 days each year and faces an increased risk of death in any year of 1/10,000 as a result of elevated PM10 exposure. The estimated annual economic value of avoiding these effects is nearly $10 billion. Attaining air pollution standards may save 1600 lives a year in the region.
Hall
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Department of Economics, California State University, Fullerton 92634.
Winer
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Kleinman
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Lurmann
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Brajer
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Colome
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D000393:Air Pollutants / Q000009:adverse effects; D000397:Air Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics*; D002140:California; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D010126:Ozone / Q000009:adverse effects; D012140:Respiratory Tract Diseases / Q000191:economics / Q000209:etiology
D000393:Air Pollutants; D010126:Ozone