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Residential energy use emissions dominate health impacts from exposure to ambient particulate matter in India.


ABSTRACT: Exposure to ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is a leading contributor to diseases in India. Previous studies analysing emission source attributions were restricted by coarse model resolution and limited PM2.5 observations. We use a regional model informed by new observations to make the first high-resolution study of the sector-specific disease burden from ambient PM2.5 exposure in India. Observed annual mean PM2.5 concentrations exceed 100??g?m-3 and are well simulated by the model. We calculate that the emissions from residential energy use dominate (52%) population-weighted annual mean PM2.5 concentrations, and are attributed to 511,000 (95UI: 340,000-697,000) premature mortalities annually. However, removing residential energy use emissions would avert only 256,000 (95UI: 162,000-340,000), due to the non-linear exposure-response relationship causing health effects to saturate at high PM2.5 concentrations. Consequently, large reductions in emissions will be required to reduce the health burden from ambient PM2.5 exposure in India.

SUBMITTER: Conibear L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5809377 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Residential energy use emissions dominate health impacts from exposure to ambient particulate matter in India.

Conibear Luke L   Butt Edward W EW   Knote Christoph C   Arnold Stephen R SR   Spracklen Dominick V DV  

Nature communications 20180212 1


Exposure to ambient fine particulate matter (PM<sub>2.5</sub>) is a leading contributor to diseases in India. Previous studies analysing emission source attributions were restricted by coarse model resolution and limited PM<sub>2.5</sub> observations. We use a regional model informed by new observations to make the first high-resolution study of the sector-specific disease burden from ambient PM<sub>2.5</sub> exposure in India. Observed annual mean PM<sub>2.5</sub> concentrations exceed 100 μg m  ...[more]

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