Valutazione economica degli effetti sanitari dell'inquinamento atmosferico : la metodologia dell'EEA

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Assennato, Giorgio, author

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In the European Union, poor air quality is the leading environmental cause of premature death and has a higher human cost than road accidents. Air pollution also causes lost days of work and high h...

In the European Union, poor air quality is the leading environmental cause of premature death and has a higher human cost than road accidents. Air pollution also causes lost days of work and high health and social costs, as it affects the most vulnerable groups of the population (children, the elderly, asthmatics and socio-economically disadvantaged people) to a greater extent. ). The emission and concentration of pollutants in the air, if on the one hand they are certainly linked to phenomena on a national and extra-national scale, on the other hand they show a significant local variability which is linked to economic-productive choices as well as to aspects social and other environmental components. In this perspective, the fight against pollution and the prevention of health risks are intimately linked and certainly constitute a priority to be pursued at the local, national and international level, through targeted policies that know how to find the right balance between compliance with the parameters of economic stability and the costs for the community deriving from the impact of pollutants on health.

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