This paper examines responses to a national FDA advisory that urged at-risk individuals to limit store-bought fish … of response, suggesting that information acquisition and assimilation are key factors for risk avoidance. While some … groups reduced consumption as a result of the advisory, we do not find a response among the relatively large group of at-risk …

practice, we estimate, puts too little weight on mortality risk reduction of the young. Our correction exceeds in magnitude … risk neutrality with respect to life duration. To overpass this limitation, we extend the theory to a simple variety of …

This paper focuses on air and water pollution in India’s cities, provides empirical evidence to demonstrate the … challenges, discusses relevant political economy issues related to introducing pollution taxes or other policies which are aimed …

Water pollution is caused in rural areas, especially by uncontrolled waste deposits located in river bed and in urban …

This paper provides new evidence on the consequences of foetal exposure to high levels of pollution for the risk of … atmospheric pollution. This increased levels of total suspended particulate matter by around 300%. Unaffected counties in England …

omega-3 fatty acids, reduced fish consumption may have significant offsetting health impacts. We explore this risk trade … consumption. Using advisory response patterns as inputs into a prominent risk assessment model, the central estimate is that net …

the design of bilateral or multilateral, national, inter-provincial, or intra-provincial air pollution management … strategies. The uses of these cost functions in pollution abatement not only treat countries, regions, sectors or plants …