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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
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Source sector and fuel contributions to ambient PM2.5 and attributable mortality across multiple spatial scales
Nature Communications, Volume 12, No. 1, Article 3594, Year 2021
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Ambient fine particulate matter (PM2.5) is the world’s leading environmental health risk factor. Reducing the PM2.5 disease burden requires specific strategies that target dominant sources across multiple spatial scales. We provide a contemporary and comprehensive evaluation of sector- and fuel-specific contributions to this disease burden across 21 regions, 204 countries, and 200 sub-national areas by integrating 24 global atmospheric chemistry-transport model sensitivity simulations, high-resolution satellite-derived PM2.5 exposure estimates, and disease-specific concentration response relationships. Globally, 1.05 (95% Confidence Interval: 0.74–1.36) million deaths were avoidable in 2017 by eliminating fossil-fuel combustion (27.3% of the total PM2.5 burden), with coal contributing to over half. Other dominant global sources included residential (0.74 [0.52–0.95] million deaths; 19.2%), industrial (0.45 [0.32–0.58] million deaths; 11.7%), and energy (0.39 [0.28–0.51] million deaths; 10.2%) sectors. Our results show that regions with large anthropogenic contributions generally had the highest attributable deaths, suggesting substantial health benefits from replacing traditional energy sources. © 2021, The Author(s).
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Authors & Co-Authors
Martin, Randall V.
United States, St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Canada, Halifax
Dalhousie University
Spadaro, Joseph V.
United States, Philadelphia
Spadaro Environmental Research Consultants Serc
Burnett, Richard Thomas
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Hammer, Melanie S.
United States, St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Canada, Halifax
Dalhousie University
van Donkelaar, Aaron
United States, St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Canada, Halifax
Dalhousie University
Jaeglé, Lyatt
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Luo, Gan
United States, Albany
State University of new York Albany
Yu, Fangqun
United States, Albany
State University of new York Albany
Adeniran, Jamiu Adetayo
China, Beijing
Peking University
Lin, Jintai
China, Beijing
Peking University
Brauer, Michael
United States, Seattle
University of Washington
Canada, Vancouver
The University of British Columbia
Statistics
Citations: 165
Authors: 11
Affiliations: 9
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1038/s41467-021-23853-y
ISSN:
20411723
Research Areas
Environmental