Characterizing the burden of disease of particulate matter for life cycle impact assessment

Gronlund, Carina J.; Humbert, Sébastien; Shaked, Shanna; OʼNeill, Marie S.; Jolliet, Olivier

doi:10.1007/s11869-014-0283-6

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“…Here, DALY is defined as a healthy life lost due to various processes [45]. In DALY calculations, it is assumed that each individual has a healthy life expectancy.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Social Cost and Environmental Life Cycle Analysis of Passenger Ships in Istanbul

Bilgili¹

2019

J ETA Maritime Sci

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Calculating the inventory of shipping emissions is crucial in order to guide the authorities to prepare regulations on emission reduction. On the other hand, the effectiveness of the measurement techniques can only be accurately observed by the calculation of social costs. In this study, firstly, the emission inventory and social cost of passenger ships operating in Bosphorus are calculated. Then, these calculations were repeated in case of declaration of the Marmara Sea as Emission Control Area (ECA). The total amount of emissions in current situation decreases by 7.75 % in case of ECA declaration. The total cost of fuel switching increases approximately 39.52 %; however the total social cost decreases by 50.56 %. The total economic benefit is calculated as $ 117,739,686.97. According to the LCA results, fuel switching increases the deleterious impacts on human health, ecosystem quality and climate change, while the impacts on raw resources decreased.

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“…Here, DALY is defined as a healthy life lost due to various processes [45]. In DALY calculations, it is assumed that each individual has a healthy life expectancy.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Social Cost and Environmental Life Cycle Analysis of Passenger Ships in Istanbul

Bilgili¹

2019

J ETA Maritime Sci

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“…To quantify the health burden associated with population intakes of primary and secondary PM 2:5 , we applied a combined DR PM2:5 and SF PM 2:5 of 78 DALY=kg PM 2:5 intake from Gronlund et al (2015), accounting for cardiopulmonary and lung-cancer mortality.…”

Section: Dose-response and Severitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Human Health Benefits from Fish Consumption vs. Risks from Inhalation Exposures Associated with Contaminated Sediment Remediation: Dredging of the Hudson River

Kvasnicka

Stylianou

Nguyen

et al. 2019

Environ Health Perspect

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BACKGROUND: Billions of dollars are spent on environmental dredging (ED) to remediate contaminated sediments, with one goal being reduced human health risks. However, ED may increase health risks in unanticipated ways, thus potentially reducing net benefits. OBJECTIVES: To assess the ways that ED may increase health risks in unanticipated ways, thus potentially reducing net benefits, we quantitatively assessed a subset of population health benefits and risks of ED, using the 2009-2015 remediation of the Hudson River Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) Superfund Site as a case study. Three remediation scenarios were evaluated: No Action (NA), Source Control (SC), and ED. METHODS: We quantified health benefits for each scenario from reduced PCB levels in Hudson River fish, and health risks from ED operations due to increased inhalation exposures to PCBs and fine particulate matter (PM 2:5), using disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) as a common metric. Occupational health risks were also considered in a separate sensitivity analysis. Estimates of population-level benefits and risks included Monte Carlo simulation-based uncertainty analysis. RESULTS: Under NA, fish consumption would result in an estimated health burden of 112 DALYs, and ED would lead to a reduction of 15 DALYs in excess of SC. ED operations were estimated to induce a total burden of 33 DALYs, dominated by PM 2:5 impacts from rail transport emissions (32 DALYs). Including uncertainty, the net health benefit of ED ranged from-138 to + 1,326 avoided DALYs (90% confidence), with a median of-11 avoided DALYs. CONCLUSIONS: For the considered impacts, ED in the Hudson River might not have led to an overall net positive human health impact. The benefits and risks of ED, however, have different degrees of uncertainty and involve different populations. Reducing long-distance transport of dredged sediment is a priority. This comparative approach could be used prospectively to better determine trade-offs involved in different remediation scenarios and to improve remediation design to maximize benefits while minimizing risks.

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“…Health impact can be calculated using data describing the concentrations of pollutants, the affected population and dose-response functions. Alternatively, health impact can be calculated from emissions by applying intake fractions which are the ratios of the mass of pollutant inhaled to the mass of the pollutant emitted (Gronlund et al, 2015).…”

Section: Impacts: Human Health Impactsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Air quality integrated assessment modelling in the context of EU policy: A way forward

Viaene

Belis

Blond

et al. 2016

Environmental Science & Policy

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Characterizing the burden of disease of particulate matter for life cycle impact assessment

Cited by 68 publications

References 37 publications

The Social Cost and Environmental Life Cycle Analysis of Passenger Ships in Istanbul

The Social Cost and Environmental Life Cycle Analysis of Passenger Ships in Istanbul

Human Health Benefits from Fish Consumption vs. Risks from Inhalation Exposures Associated with Contaminated Sediment Remediation: Dredging of the Hudson River

Air quality integrated assessment modelling in the context of EU policy: A way forward

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