The economic burden of air pollution impact on health of Warsaw population
Joanna JAKUBIAK-LASOCKA
Jakub Lasocki
Zdzisław Chłopek
Rüdiger Siekmeier
Abstract
Aim of this study was to assess the annual social cost of air pollution impact on health of Warsaw population. The study consisted of three main parts, i.e. the determination of Warsaw citizens’ exposure to air pollution, the quantification of the health effect as a result of this exposure and the economic evaluation of the assessed health impact. Value of Statistical Life (VSL) derived from Willingness To Pay (WTP) for mortality risk reduction was used to assess the costs of premature mortality, whereas the Cost of Illness (COI) Approach was applied for the estimation of the costs of excessive cardiovascular and respiratory hospitalizations as well as restricted activity days. Thorough search was performed to find the best assessment of VSL for the Warsaw population and finally the value of 1.9 Mio PLN was chosen. Annually, approximately 2 264 premature death cases, 351 839 restricted activity days, 684 and 1 551 excessive hospital admissions due to (respectively) respiratory and cardiovascular problems can be attributed to air pollution. The total costs of air pollution health effects in Warsaw amount to about 4,4 Bn PLN. The cost of air pollution impact on human health is significant. Therefore, more attention should be paid for the integrated environmental health policy, with a focus on cities as a priority.
Keywords:
air pollution, social costs, particulate matter, value of statistical life, willingness to payReferences
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Desaigues, B.; Ami, D.; Bartczak, A.; Braun-Kohlová, M.; Chilton, S.; Czajkowski, M.; Farreras ,V.; Hunt, A.; Hutchison, M.; Jeanrenaud, C.; Kaderjak, P.; Máca, V.; Markiewicz, O.; Markowska, A.; Metcalf, H.; Navrud, S.; Nielsen, J.S.; Ortiz, R.; Pellegrini, S.; Rabl, A.; Riera, R.; Scasny, M.; Stoeckel, M.E.; Szántó, R.; Urban, J. (2011). Economic valuation of air pollution mortality: A 9-country contingent valuation survey of value of a life year (VOLY). Ecological Indicators 11: 902-910.
Dhondt S.; Le Xuan Q.; Vu Van H.; Hens L. (2011). Environmental health impacts of mobility and transport in Hai Phong, Vietnam. Stochastic environmental research and risk assessment: research journal 25:363-376.
Dockery, D.W.; Pope III, C.A.; Xu, X.; Spengler, J.D.; Ware, J.H.; Fay, M.E.; Ferris Jr., B.G.; Speizer, F.E. (1993). An association between air pollution and mortality in six U.S. cities. New England Journal of Medicine 329: 1753-1759.
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OECD (2012). Mortality Risk Valuation in Environment, Health and Transport Policies. Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.1787/9789264130807-en. Accessed 17 November 2013.
Orru, H.; Maasikmets, M.; Lai, T.; Tamm, T.; Kaasik, M.; Kimmel, V.; Orru, K.; Merisalu, E.; Forsberg, B. (2011). Health impacts of particulate matter in five major Estonian towns: main sources of exposure and local differences. Air Quality, Atmosphere & Health 4: 247-258.
Ostro, B. (1990). Associations between morbidity and alternative measures of particulate matter. Risk Analysis 10: 421-27.
Peters, A.; Dockery, D.W.; Muller, J.E.; Mittleman, M.A. (2001). Increased Particulate Air Pollution and the Triggering of Myocardial Infarction. Circulation 103: 2810-2815.
Pierse, N.; Rushton, L.; Harris, R.S.; Kuehni, C.E.; Silverman, M.; Grigg, J. (2006). Locally generated particulate pollution and respiratory symptoms in young children. Thorax 61: 216-220.
Poloniecki, J.; Atkinson, R.; Ponce de Leon, A.; Anderson, H. (1997). Daily time series for cardiovascular hospital admissions and previous day’s air pollution in London, UK. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 54, 535-40.
Pope III, C.A.; Dockery, D.W. (2006). Health effects of fine particulate air pollution: lines that connect. Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association 56(6):709-42.
Pope III, C.A.; Kanner, R.E. (1993). Acute effects of PM10 pollution on pulmonary function of smokers with mild to moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. American Review of Respiratory Disease 147:1336-1340.
Pope III, C.A.; Renlund, D.G.; Kfoury, A.G.; May, H.T.; Horne, B.D. (2008). Relation of heart failure hospitalization to exposure to fine particulate air pollution. American Journal of Cardiology 102: 1230-1234.
Pope III, C.A.; Thun, M.J.; Namboodiri, M.M.; Dockery, D.W.; Evans, J.S.; Speizer, F.E.; Heath Jr.; C.W. (1995). Particulate air pollution as a predictor of mortality in a prospective study of U.S. adults. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine 151: 669-674.
Prescott, G.J.; Cohen, G.R.; Elton, R.A.; Fowkes, F.G.; Agium, R.M. (1998). Urban air pollution and cardiopulmonary ill health: a 14.5 year time series study. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 55: 697-704.
Regional Inspectorate of Environmental Protection in Warsaw (2012). Annual assessment of air quality in Masovian Voivodeship. Report for the 2011. Available at: http://www.wios.warszawa.pl/download/1/1870/OR2011.pdf. Assessed 17 November 2013.
Regional Ins
pectorate of Environmental Protection in Warsaw (2013). Monitoring System of Air Quality in Masovian Voivodeship. Monitoring sites’ description. Available at: http://sojp.wios.warszawa.pl/index.php?page=site-description&t=1. Assessed 17 November 2013.
Robinson, L.A. (2008). Valuing the Health Impacts of Air Emissions. Available at: http://www.regulatory-analysis.com. Accessed 17 November 2013.
Rowlatt, P.; Spackman, M.; Jones, S.; Jones-Lee, M.; Loomes, GG. (1998). Valuation of Deaths from Air Pollution. Available at: http://nera.myowg.com/extImage/3884.pdf. Accessed 17 November 2013.
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WHO (2006). Air quality guidelines for particulate matter, ozone, nitrogen dioxide and sulfur dioxide. Global update 2005. Summary of risk assessment. World Health Organization (WHO). Geneva: WHO Press, 9-13.
WHO (2011). Health topics: Air pollution. Available at: http://www.who.int/topics/air_pollution/en/. Accessed 17 November 2013.
Wordley, J.; Walters, S.; Ayres, J. (1997). Short term variations in hospital admissions and mortality and particulate air pollution. Occupational and Environmental Medicine 54: 108-116.
Xie, P.; Liu, X.; Li, T.; Zhong, L.; Xiang, Y. (2011). Human Health Impact of Exposure to Airborne Particulate Matter in Pearl River Delta, China. Water Air Soil Pollut 215: 349-363.
Zereini, F.; Wiseman, C.L.S. (eds.) (2010). Urban Airborne Particulate Matter. Origin, Chemistry, Fate and Health Impacts. Environmental Science and Engineering XXIII, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg.
Zmirou, D.; Schawartz, J.; Saez, M.; Zanobetti, A.; Wojtyniak, B.; Touloumi, G.; Spix, C.; Ponce de Leon, A.; Le Moullec, Y.; Bacharova, L.; Schouten, J.; Ponka, A.; Katsouyanni, K. (1998). Time-series analysis of air pollution and cause-specific mortality. Epidemiology 9: 495-503.
JAKUBIAK-LASOCKA, J., Lasocki, J., Chłopek, Z., & Siekmeier, R. (2020). The economic burden of air pollution impact on health of Warsaw population. Economic and Environmental Studies, 14(3 (31), 265–282. Retrieved from https://czasopisma.uni.opole.pl/index.php/ees/article/view/2882
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