Evaluation of the waste Tire Resources Recovery Program and environmental health policy in Taiwan.
This paper examines the effectiveness of Taiwanese environmental health policies, whose aim is to improve environmental quality by reducing tire waste via the Tire Resource Recovery Program. The results confirm that implemented environmental health policies improve the overall health of the population (i.e. a decrease in death caused by bronchitis and other respiratory diseases). Current policy expenditures are far below the optimal level, as it is estimated that a ten percent increase in the subsidy would decrease the number of deaths caused by bronchitis and other respiratory diseases by 0.58% per county/city per year on average.
Chen
Chia-Ching
CC
New York Medical College School of Public Health, 95 Grasslands Road, Valhalla, New York 10595, USA. ChiaChing_Chen@nymc.edu
Yamada
Tetsuji
T
Chiu
I-Ming
IM
Liu
Yi-Kuen
YK
D000397:Air Pollution / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D004782:Environmental Health / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D013624:Taiwan; D018505:Waste Management