Air Pollution
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How air pollution can impact mental health in China
Bringing down air pollution in China could improve mental health as evidence shows a causal effect of pollutants on depressive symptoms
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The impact of air pollution on healthcare spending in China
Spending increases significantly during the two months following exposure to air pollution. Reducing pollution could save 60 billion yuan annually.
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Lessons from our polluted past
Data from 19th century Britain highlight the significant effect of air pollution on the infant mortality rate and the ‘urban mortality penalty’
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How much people will pay for clean air: Evidence from China
China’s market for air purifiers reveals people will pay as much as $15 to remove one microgram per cubic metre of pollution from the air they breathe
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The cost of air pollution in South Africa
Study indicates that 7.4% of all deaths in 2012 were due to chronic exposure to fine particulate matter, costing South Africa up to 6% of its GDP