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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Estimating Mortality Risk Reduction Benefits from Decreasing Tropospheric Ozone Exposure.

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Environmental Studies and Toxicology.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Air--Pollution--Standards--United States.

Air.

Atmospheric ozone--Standards--United States.

Atmospheric ozone.

Contingent valuation.

Environmental risk assessment.

Health risk assessment.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

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

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. 182-203).

ISBN:

9786611767266

9780309177856

0309177855

9781281767264

1281767263

9780309119955

0309119952

OCLC:

263436553