This paper provides estimates of the effects of in utero exposure to contaminated drinking water on fetal health. We … examine the universe of birth records and drinking water testing results for the state of New Jersey from 1997 to 2007. Our … from drinking water while in utero. We find small effects of drinking water contamination on all children, but large and …

results data in Pennsylvania. We create an overall water quality index and an index specific to reproductive health. We focus …Previous research in the US has found negative health effects of contamination when it triggers regulatory violations …. An important question is whether levels of contamination that do not trigger a health-based violation impact health. We …

Do environmental conditions pose greater health risks to individuals living in urban or rural areas? The answer is … pollution, drinking water pollution, and extreme temperatures--and the response to those exposures differ across urban and rural …

health of a program providing monthly coupons for free water treatment solution (diluted chlorine) to households with young …Using data from an 18-month randomized trial, we estimate large and sustained impacts on water purification and child … children. The program is more effective and much more cost-effective than asking Community Health Workers (CHWs) to distribute …

economic shocks on the family's out-of-pocket health care spending burden. We define this burden as the share of family income … devoted to out-of-pocket health care spending. In contrast to static, cross-sectional analyses, our study examines how the … apply fractional response and health expenditure models using the correlated random effects (CRE) method to control for time …

We estimate the impact of piped water and sewers on property values in mid-19th century Chicago. The cost of sewer … construction depends sensitively on imperceptible variation in grade, and such variations in grade delay water and sewer service to … natural experiment to the area treated with water and sewer service during 1874-1880 using a new estimator. Water and sewer …

water source in Flint, Michigan was changed, causing lead from aging pipes to leach into the city's drinking water. In this … study, we use Michigan's universe of longitudinal, student-level education records, combined with home water service line … inspection data containing the location of lead pipes, to empirically examine the effect of the Flint Water Crisis on educational …

benefits that exceed costs, although the evidence for surface water pollution regulation is less clear. Fourth, while the … century. First, air and water pollution have declined substantially, although greenhouse gas emissions have not. Second …, environmental policy explains a large share of these trends. Third, much of the regulation of air and drinking water pollution has …

The 1994 discovery of arsenic in groundwater in Bangladesh prompted a massive public health campaign that led 20% of … the population to switch from backyard wells to less convenient drinking water sources that had a higher risk of fecal … contamination. We find evidence of unintended health consequences by comparing mortality trends between households in the same …

in light of the long-term impact of compromised health at birth and the substantial number of lead water pipes that …The recent drinking water crisis in Newark, New Jersey's largest city, has renewed concerns about the lead-in-water … experiment in Newark, which exogenously exposed some women in the city to higher levels of lead in tap water but not others, to …