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Transboundary health impacts of transported global air pollution and international trade

Nature (London), 2017-03, Vol.543 (7647), p.705-709 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

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Title:
Transboundary health impacts of transported global air pollution and international trade
Author: Zhang, Qiang ; Jiang, Xujia ; Tong, Dan ; Davis, Steven J ; Zhao, Hongyan ; Geng, Guannan ; Feng, Tong ; Zheng, Bo ; Lu, Zifeng ; Streets, David G ; Ni, Ruijing ; Brauer, Michael ; van Donkelaar, Aaron ; Martin, Randall V ; Huo, Hong ; Liu, Zhu ; Pan, Da ; Kan, Haidong ; Yan, Yingying ; Lin, Jintai ; He, Kebin ; Guan, Dabo
Subjects: Air Pollutants - adverse effects ; Air Pollutants - analysis ; Air pollution ; Air Pollution - adverse effects ; Air Pollution - statistics & numerical data ; Atmosphere - chemistry ; China - epidemiology ; Commerce - statistics & numerical data ; Consumption ; Disease ; Emissions ; Environmental Exposure - adverse effects ; Environmental Exposure - statistics & numerical data ; Environmental policy ; Europe - epidemiology ; Global Health ; Health aspects ; Humans ; International aspects ; International trade ; Internationality ; Inventory ; Mortality ; Mortality, Premature ; Particulate Matter - adverse effects ; Particulate Matter - analysis ; Patient outcomes ; Public Health ; United States - epidemiology ; Wind
Is Part Of: Nature (London), 2017-03, Vol.543 (7647), p.705-709
Description: Millions of people die every year from diseases caused by exposure to outdoor air pollution. Some studies have estimated premature mortality related to local sources of air pollution, but local air quality can also be affected by atmospheric transport of pollution from distant sources. International trade is contributing to the globalization of emission and pollution as a result of the production of goods (and their associated emissions) in one region for consumption in another region. The effects of international trade on air pollutant emissions, air quality and health have been investigated regionally, but a combined, global assessment of the health impacts related to international trade and the transport of atmospheric air pollution is lacking. Here we combine four global models to estimate premature mortality caused by fine particulate matter (PM ) pollution as a result of atmospheric transport and the production and consumption of goods and services in different world regions. We find that, of the 3.45 million premature deaths related to PM pollution in 2007 worldwide, about 12 per cent (411,100 deaths) were related to air pollutants emitted in a region of the world other than that in which the death occurred, and about 22 per cent (762,400 deaths) were associated with goods and services produced in one region for consumption in another. For example, PM pollution produced in China in 2007 is linked to more than 64,800 premature deaths in regions other than China, including more than 3,100 premature deaths in western Europe and the USA; on the other hand, consumption in western Europe and the USA is linked to more than 108,600 premature deaths in China. Our results reveal that the transboundary health impacts of PM pollution associated with international trade are greater than those associated with long-distance atmospheric pollutant transport.
Publisher: England: Nature Publishing Group
Language: English
Identifier: ISSN: 0028-0836
EISSN: 1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/nature21712
PMID: 28358094
CODEN: NATUAS
Source: ProQuest One Psychology
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Transboundary health impacts of transported global air pollution and international trade

COPYRIGHT 2017 Nature Publishing Group ;COPYRIGHT 2017 Nature Publishing Group ;Copyright Nature Publishing Group Mar 30, 2017 ;ISSN: 0028-0836 ;EISSN: 1476-4687 ;DOI: 10.1038/nature21712 ;PMID: 28358094 ;CODEN: NATUAS

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