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Record Nr.

UNINA9910972922403321

Titolo

Estimating mortality risk reduction and economic benefits from controlling ozone air pollution / / Committee on Estimating Mortality Risk Reduction Benefits from Decreasing Tropospheric Ozone Exposure, Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology, Division on Earth and Life Studes, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2008

ISBN

9786611767266

9780309177856

0309177855

9781281767264

1281767263

9780309119955

0309119952

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (226 p.)

Disciplina

363.7384

Soggetti

Air - Pollution - Standards - United States

Atmospheric ozone - Standards - United States

Contingent valuation

Environmental risk assessment

Health risk assessment

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-203).

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Overview of ambient-ozone standards development and benefits assessment -- Ambient ozone and related pollutants -- Contributions of relevant health studies to the estimation of reductions in premature mortality -- Economic valuation of reduction in mortality risk associated with ambient ozone  -- Overall conclusions and recommendations.

Sommario/riassunto

In light of recent evidence on the relationship of ozone to mortality and questions about its implications for benefit analysis, the Environmental Protection Agency asked the National Research Council to establish a



committee of experts to evaluate independently the contributions of recent epidemiologic studies to understanding the size of the ozone-mortality effect in the context of benefit analysis. The committee was also asked to assess methods for estimating how much a reduction in short-term exposure to ozone would reduce premature deaths, to assess methods for estimating associated increases in life expectancy, and to assess methods for estimating the monetary value of the reduced risk of premature death and increased life expectancy in the context of health-benefits analysis. Estimating Mortality Risk Reduction and Economic Benefits from Controlling Ozone Air Pollution details the committee's findings and posits several recommendations to address these issues.