ArticleEnvironmental health perspectives2020
Co-Benefits to Children's Health of the U.S. Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
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- Response to "Comment on 'Co-Benefits to Children's Health of the U.S. Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative'".Environmental health perspectives · 2020Article
- A review of studies assessing the benefits of clean air and climate mitigation policies for child and adult health.The journal of climate change and healthReview
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Abstract
backgroundWhile various policies have been implemented globally to mitigate climate change and reduce exposure to toxic air pollutants, policy assessments have considered few if any of the benefits to children.
objectiveTo comprehensively assess the co-benefits of climate change mitigation to children, we expanded the suite of adverse health outcomes in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Benefits Mapping and Analysis Program (BenMAP) to include additional outcomes associated with prenatal and childhood exposure to ambient fine particulate matter (
methodsWe used calculated changes in ambient
resultsThe estimated avoided cases of adverse child health outcomes included 537 asthma cases, 112 preterm births, 98 cases of ASD, and 56 cases of TLBW, with an associated avoided cost estimate ranging from $191 to $350 million. In a previous analysis of health benefits of RGGI, the only benefits accruing to children were limited to prevented cases of infant mortality and respiratory illnesses, with a monetized impact of $8.1 million-only 2-4% of the new results attributable to RGGI.
conclusionThe results of this innovative analysis indicate that RGGI has provided substantial child health benefits beyond those initially considered. Moreover, those health benefits had significant estimated economic value. https://doi.org/10.1289/EHP6706.
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