Session 6: The cost of pollution in health and monetary terms

Health and Environment · Wed 11 Nov 2026 · 2h

Teaching›Health and Environment›Course material 2026/27›Session 6

Slides

The slides will be linked here before the session. They are in the student area, so you will be asked for the module password 🔒.

Readings

Read the core readings before the session. The further readings are optional.

Core

Pimpin L, Retat L, Fecht D, et al. (2018). Estimating the costs of air pollution to the National Health Service and social care: an assessment and forecast up to 2035. PLOS Medicine, 15(7), e1002602.

Science for Environment Policy (2018). What are the health costs of environmental pollution? Future Brief 21. Produced for the European Commission DG Environment by the Science Communication Unit, UWE Bristol.

Further

OECD (2016). The Economic Consequences of Outdoor Air Pollution. Paris: OECD Publishing.

Anenberg SC, Belova A, Brandt J, et al. (2016). Survey of ambient air pollution health risk assessment tools. Risk Analysis, 36(9), 1718–1736.

Ito K, Zhang S (2020). Willingness to pay for clean air: evidence from air purifier markets in China. Journal of Political Economy, 128(5), 1627–1672.