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Valuing the health benefits of clean air
J V Hall1, A M Winer, M T Kleinman
1Department of Economics, California State University, Fullerton 92634.
Science (New York, N.Y.)
|February 14, 1992
Abstract:
An assessment of health effects due to ozone and particulate matter (PM10) suggests that each of the 12 million residents of the South Coast Air Basin of California experiences ozone-related symptoms on an average of up to 17 days each year and faces an increased risk of death in any year of 1/10,000 as a result of elevated PM10 exposure. The estimated annual economic value of avoiding these effects is nearly $10 billion. Attaining air pollution standards may save 1600 lives a year in the region.