Another study conducted in Fort Worth, Texas, concluded that «the measured and
estimated air pollution levels did not reach levels that have been observed to cause adverse health effects.»
The team, from the MRC - PHE Centre for Environment and Health,
estimated air pollution levels in the areas where the individuals lived in 1971, 1981, 1991 and 2001, using measurements from Britain's extensive historic air pollution monitoring networks.
They also
estimated air pollution levels at each 1 kilometer grid for the entire U.S. upon which the claims data could be overlaid and interpreted.
Not exact matches
The researchers were able to link
air pollution levels estimated at each person's house with two ultrasound measurements of the blood vessels, separated by about three years.
«The AQLI uses the critical data and information gathered from our China research and applies it to every country, allowing the billions of people around the world who are exposed to high
air pollution levels to
estimate how much longer they would live if they breathed cleaner
air,» says Greenstone.
Using a computer model that fused
air pollution and atmospheric chemistry data, they
estimated what annual average
levels of ozone (a key smog ingredient) and fine particulates smaller than 2.5 microns (PM2.5) were in 2010 within 100 - km - by -100-km grid squares across the world.
There are currently an
estimated 4.5 billion people around the world exposed to
levels of particulate
air pollution that are at least twice what the World Health Organization (WHO) considers safe.
Using carbon dioxide emissions data from 2006 and 1750 - for an
estimate of preindustrial
levels - Jacobson found that each extra degree of warming accounted for roughly 1,000 out of every 50,000 - 100,000
air pollution - related deaths.
Health - related costs of the current effects of ozone
air pollution exceeding national standards have been
estimated at $ 6.5 billion (in 2008 U.S. dollars) nationwide, based on a U.S. assessment of health impacts from ozone
levels during 2000 to 2002.153,154
Health - related costs of the current effects of ozone
air pollution exceeding national standards have been
estimated at $ 6.5 billion (in 2008 U.S. dollars) nationwide, based on a U.S. assessment of health impacts from ozone
levels during 2000 — 2002.
It supports EPA efforts and activities to monitor
air quality
levels,
estimate population exposure to
air pollutants, examine the effects of
air pollution on public health, track progress in improving
air quality and reducing associated risks, and provide models, tools, and technical guidance to states.