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As the wind blows: the effects of long-term exposure to air pollution on mortality [1]

There is strong evidence that short-run fluctuations in air pollution negatively impact infant health and contemporaneous adult health, but there is less evidence on the causal link between long-term exposure to air pollution and increased adult mortality. This project estimates the impact of long-term exposure to air pollution on mortality by leveraging quasi-random variation in pollution levels generated by wind patterns near major highways. Combine geocoded data on the residence of every decedent in Los Angeles over three years, high-frequency wind data, and Census Short Form data. Using these data, estimate the effect of downwind exposure to highway-generated pollutants on the age-specific mortality rate by using bearing to the nearest major highway as an instrument for pollution exposure. Find that doubling the percentage of time spent downwind of a highway increases mortality among individuals 75 and older by 3.6 to 6.8 percent. These estimates are robust and economically significant.

Publication Date: 
22/09/2015
Michael L. Anderson [2]
National Bureau of Economic Research [3]
Tags:
Air Pollution [4], Health Effects [5], Infant mortality [6], Vehicular Pollution [7], Highways [8], RSPM (PM 10) [9], PM 2.5 [10], California [11]
Centre for Science and Environment
National Knowledge Commission Government of India

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[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/vehicular-pollution
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[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/rspm-pm-10
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