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Applying Integrated Exposure-Response Functions to PM 2.5 Pollution in India

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  • Vijay S. Limaye

    (Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53726, USA
    Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53726, USA)

  • Wolfgang Schöpp

    (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, 2361 Laxenburg, Austria)

  • Markus Amann

    (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, 2361 Laxenburg, Austria)

Abstract

Fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 , diameter ≤2.5 μm) is implicated as the most health-damaging air pollutant. Large cohort studies of chronic exposure to PM 2.5 and mortality risk are largely confined to areas with low to moderate ambient PM 2.5 concentrations and posit log-linear exposure-response functions. However, levels of PM 2.5 in developing countries such as India are typically much higher, causing unknown health effects. Integrated exposure-response functions for high PM 2.5 exposures encompassing risk estimates from ambient air, secondhand smoke, and active smoking exposures have been posited. We apply these functions to estimate the future cause-specific mortality risks associated with population-weighted ambient PM 2.5 exposures in India in 2030 using Greenhouse Gas-Air Pollution Interactions and Synergies (GAINS) model projections. The loss in statistical life expectancy (SLE) is calculated based on risk estimates and baseline mortality rates. Losses in SLE are aggregated and weighted using national age-adjusted, cause-specific mortality rates. 2030 PM 2.5 pollution in India reaches an annual mean of 74 μg/m 3 , nearly eight times the corresponding World Health Organization air quality guideline. The national average loss in SLE is 32.5 months (95% Confidence Interval (CI): 29.7–35.2, regional range: 8.5–42.0), compared to an average of 53.7 months (95% CI: 46.3–61.1) using methods currently applied in GAINS. Results indicate wide regional variation in health impacts, and these methods may still underestimate the total health burden caused by PM 2.5 exposures due to model assumptions on minimum age thresholds of pollution effects and a limited subset of health endpoints analyzed. Application of the revised exposure-response functions suggests that the most polluted areas in India will reap major health benefits only with substantial improvements in air quality.

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  • Vijay S. Limaye & Wolfgang Schöpp & Markus Amann, 2018. "Applying Integrated Exposure-Response Functions to PM 2.5 Pollution in India," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(1), pages 1-20, December.
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