Tag: air pollution
The Healthcare Costs of Fossil Fuels
While the debate continues about the true impact of burning fossil fuels on the climate and what the optimal policy response should be, we need to make sure we do not neglect another aspect of fossil fuel use – air pollution and the effect it has on our health. There is a growing body of research showing a significant negative impact with...
Healthcare Costs of Air Pollution
More recent estimates of the health related costs of air pollution are staggering.
Air Pollution and Public Health
Public health measures are those not aimed at individuals but at society as a whole, or subgroups within society. Physicians are charged not only with promoting the health of their own patients, but as a profession we (and health care professions in general) are charged with promoting the public health. Public health measures, however, are highly likely to cross into politically charged...