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The Health Effects of Diesel:Global Burdens, Local Impacts…
…and Hope for the Future
Dan Greenbaum, PresidentHealth Effects Institute
MexicoJuly 24, 2013
Trusted Science ● Cleaner Air ● Better Health
The Global Burden of Disease (GBD 2010)
• A systematic scientific effort to measure the magnitude of health loss from disease and injuries in 187 countries around the world from 1990 to 2010
• Analyzed risk factors associated with disease such as smoking, diet, high blood pressure, air pollution, overweight
• Newest version published in December,
2012 special triple issue of The Lancet • HEI led outdoor air pollution analysis
http://www.thelancet.com/themed/global-burden-of disease
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GBD 2010 Air Pollution Analysis:Focused on Particulate Matter (PM)
• High levels of PM (> 500 g/m3) known to cause premature death
• e.g. London 1952• Many studies in US, Europe, have
found association of PM with mortality at much lower levels • No evidence of a “threshold” (safe level)
• Key new information: • Increasing local studies in Asia,
Latin America confirm local effects
London at Noon, December 1952
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Latin America in a Global Context (Worldwide results on Daily Changes in PM10 and Daily Mortality)
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ease
in M
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(%)
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.S.
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s (P
M2.
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(Kle
mm
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ities
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adia
n ci
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(PM
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(Kat
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2009
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, 22
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opea
n ci
ties
(PM
10)
(Kat
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2009
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Per 10 g/m3 increase in PM
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, 90
U.S
. citi
es (
PM
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(Kat
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CA
LA
, 9
Lat
in A
mer
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cit
ies
(PM
10)
(Ro
mie
u e
t al
. 20
11)
ESCALA-Estudio de Salud y Contaminación del Aire en
Latinoamérica (HEI Study in 9 Cities in Brazil,
Mexico, Chile)
The effects of air pollution in Latin America are very similar to those
around the world …
New GBD 2010 Results:
(Based on local and global studies of PM Effects)
Significant Effects in Mexico:
13,600 Premature deaths320,000 Healthy Years of
Life Lost (DALYs)
http://www.thelancet.com/themed/global-burden-of disease
A Major Source of PM (…AND Black Carbon):Old Diesel
• Primary health concern: effects on the heart from exposure to PM from older diesel
• Significant effects on mortality, life expectancy
• Strong evidence of respiratory effects:• reduced lung function, respiratory irritation, asthma
exacerbation• New: IARC (WHO) Review of diesel carcinogenicity June
2012• Diesel now classified as a “Known Human Carcinogen”
• Exposure to old diesel pervasive in developing countries
New Diesel: Hope for the futureHEI Tests: New Diesel Technology* vs. Old Diesel
(*Requires ultralow sulfur diesel, particle filters)
Dramatic Reductions- 98% reduction in mass
- 90% - 99% reduction in Ultrafines
- Substantial reduction in carbon
- Most cancer-causing chemicals now below “limits of detection”
Source: Khalek 2011
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