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Kilauea volcano is the largest stationary source of SO2 pollution in the United States of America. Moreover, the SO2 … pollution variation to estimate the impact of particulate matter and SO2 on emergency room admissions and costs in the state of … evidence that particulate pollution increases pulmonary-related hospitalization. Specifically, a one standard deviation …
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. We investigate whether the size of pollution abatement costs in US industry influences the pattern of international trade … effect of a North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) on pollution in Mexico. …
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This paper explores empirically the impact of changes of enforcement efforts on environmental compliance. Our strategy is to link observed fines and other enforcement actions to subsequent compliance behavior. We find that, on the margin, the impact of a fine for water pollutant violations is...
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Mercury exposure has emerged as one of the most prominent environmental health and food safety concerns. The primary danger is the consumption of contaminated fish by young children, nursing mothers, and pregnant women. To mitigate the risks, in January 2001 the FDA issued a national advisory...
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water quality. Pollution may rise with growth, because an increased scale of economic activity means more emissions, ceteris … pollution there is no evidence at all that a turning point has yet been reached. The paper goes on to discuss the economic …
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current agreement on uniform reductions from 1980 levels is inefficient and costly. The evidence suggests that SO2 pollution …
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Widespread concern has been expressed that the costs of reducing environmental pollution in Eastern Europe will divert …
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reduce the number of severe road traffic accidents, carbon monoxide, nitrogen monoxide, nitrogen dioxide pollution and infant …
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