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Arsenic contamination of drinking water and mental health

Chowdhury, Shyamal K.; Krause-Pilatus, Annabelle; … - 2015

arsenic contamination of groundwater to construct several measures for arsenic contamination that include the actual arsenic …

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Something in the pipe : Flint water crisis and health at birth

Wang, Rui; Chen, Xi; Li, Xun - 2019

Flint changed its public water source in 2014, causing severe water contamination. We estimate the effect of in utero exposure to polluted water on health at birth using the recent Flint water crisis as a natural experiment. Matching vital statistics birth records with various sources of data,...

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Glyphosate use in agriculture and birth outcomes of surrounding populations

Dias, Mateus; Rocha, Rudi; Soares, Rodrigo Reis - 2019

This paper assesses the impact of glyphosate use in agriculture on birth outcomes of human populations in surrounding areas. Glyphosate is the most widely used herbicide in the world. Still, despite ongoing controversy, little is known about its effects on human populations at large. Our...

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The long-term health impact of Agent Orange: evidence from the Vietnam war

Duong Trung Le; Thanh Minh Pham; Polachek, Solomon W. - 2021

This paper examines the long-term health impact of Agent Orange, a toxic military herbicide containing dioxin that was used extensively during the U.S.-Vietnam war in the 1960-70s. Using a nationally representative health survey and an instrumental variable approach that addresses the potential...

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Seasonal effects of water quality on infant and child health in India

Brainerd, Elizabeth; Menon, Nidhiya - 2012

This paper examines the impact of fertilizer agrichemicals in water on infant and child health using data on water quality combined with data on the health outcomes of infants and children from the 1992-93, 1998-99, and 2005-06 Demographic and Health Surveys of India. Because fertilizers are...

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Still waters run deep : groundwater contamination and education outcomes in India

Aggarwal, Khushboo; Barua, Rashmi; Vidal-Fernandez, Marian - 2024

We investigate the impact of groundwater contamination on educational outcomes in India. Our study leverages variations … exposure to contaminants. Using self-collected survey data from public schools in Assam, one of the most groundwater …-contaminated regions in India, we find that prolonged exposure to unsafe groundwater is associated with increased school absenteeism, grade …

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The effect of pollution on worker productivity : evidence from call-center workers in China

Chang, Tom; Zivin, Joshua S. Graff; Gross, Tal; … - 2016

We investigate the effect of pollution on worker productivity in the service sector by focusing on two call centers in China. Using precise measures of each worker's daily output linked to daily measures of pollution and meteorology, we find that higher levels of air pollution decrease worker...

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Valuing air quality using happiness data : the case of China

Zhang, Xin; Zhang, Xiaobo; Chen, Xi - 2016

This paper estimates the monetary value of cutting PM2.5, a dominant source of air pollution in China. By matching hedonic happiness in a nationally representative survey with daily air quality data according to exact dates and locations of interviews in China, we are able to estimate the...

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Can natural gas save lives? : evidence from the deployment of a fuel delivery system in a developing country

Cesur, Resul; Tekin, Erdal; Ulker, Aydogan - 2016

There has been a widespread displacement of coal by natural gas as space heating and cooking technology in Turkey in the last two decades, triggered by the deployment of natural gas networks. In this paper, we examine the impact of this development on mortality among adults and the elderly. Our...

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Estimating indirect benefits : fracking, coal and air pollution

Johnsen, Reid; LaRiviere, Jacob; Wolff, Hendrik - 2016

This paper estimates indirect benefits of improved air quality induced by hydraulic fracturing, or "fracking". The recent increase in natural gas supply led to displacement of coal-fired electricity by cleaner natural gas-fired generation. Using detailed spatial panel data comprising the near...

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