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Air Pollution and Health Farah Erzouki and Amy J. Schulz March 20, 2018 Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments Funded by NIEHS Grant # RO1ES022616 and the Fred A and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation with additional support from NIEHS

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Air Pollution and Health

Farah Erzouki and Amy J. Schulz March 20, 2018

Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments

Funded by NIEHS Grant # RO1ES022616 and the Fred A and Barbara M. Erb Family Foundation with additional support from NIEHS Grant # P30ES017885

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Criteria pollutants emitted

MDEQ DTE Dearborn CEP, LLC Permit to Install No. 144-17, Proposed Project Summary

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Health effects of pollutants

Respiratory, asthma, COPD Cardio- vascular Risk Central Nervous System Prenatal Development/ Birth Outcomes Death PM2.5

X X X

SO2

X

CO x

X

x x

X

NOx

X

Ozone

X

x X = adequate evidence of health effect; x= suggestive evidence of health effect

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People who are particularly susceptible to adverse health effects

People with asthma, COPD Cardio- vascular Disease Developing infants Young children Older people PM2.5

X X X X

SO2

X X

CO x

X

x x x NOx

X X X

Ozone

X X X

X = adequate evidence of health effect; x= suggestive evidence of health effect

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Quantified Health Impacts

Each year in the Detroit Metropolitan Area, air pollution

is responsible for:

690 deaths
1800 hospitalizations and emergency room visits
Thousands of missed school and work days
Total monetized cost of $6.9 billion per year

Community Action to Promote Healthy Environments (CAPHE), Public Health Action Plan February 1st , 2017

These effects occur disproportionately in areas with higher exposures and more vulnerable residents

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Focus on Clean Fuels

Natural gas is sometimes called a “clean” fuel because it emits 50% less carbon dioxide than coal when burned. Drilling for natural gas and transporting it in pipelines results in leakage of methane, an important greenhouse gas that contributes to global climate change Clean energy sources such as wind or solar

https://www.ucsusa.org/clean-energy/coal-and-other-fossil-fuels/environmental-impacts-of-natural-gas#.Wq24WugbM2w

Natural Gas – Clean Fuel?

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CAPHE Partners

Project Manager: Kristina Rice, klrice@umich.edu, (734) 764-2955