Assessing the health impacts attributable to PM2.5 and ozone pollution in 338 Chinese cities from 2015 to 2020,Environmental Pollution

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Assessing the health impacts attributable to PM2.5 and ozone pollution in 338 Chinese cities from 2015 to 2020
Environmental Pollution ( IF 8.9 ) Pub Date : 2021-06-19 , DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2021.117623
Yang Guan ₁ , Yang Xiao ₁ , Yameng Wang ₁ , Nannan Zhang ₂ , Chengjun Chu ₃

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China has effectively reduced the fine particulate (PM) pollution from 2015 to 2020. Ozone pollution and related health impacts have become severe contemporaneously. The coordinated control of PM and ozone is becoming a new issue for China's air pollution control. This study quantitatively assessed the health impacts attributed to PM and ozone pollution in 338 Chinese cities from 2015 to 2020 and estimated the possible health benefits from achieving dual concentration targets during 2021–2025. Results show PM caused a total health impact of 2.45 × 10 disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) in 2020. All-cause and respiratory ozone-related health impact in 2020 was 1.04 × 10 DALYs and 1.56 × 10 DALYs. Between 2015 and 2020, the PM-related health impacts decreased by 14.97%, while those ozone-related increased by 94.61% and 96.54% for all-cause and respiratory. Cities in the North China Plain have suffered higher health impacts attributable to PM and ozone pollution, indicating that the two-pollutant coordinated control is primarily needed. By achieving aggressive concentration target (decreasing 10%) between 2020 and 2025, China will reduce the PM-related health impacts in 338 cities by 1.56 × 10 DALYs (improving 6.37%). By achieving general target (decreasing 10% or within the Interim target-1 of World Health Organization), the PM-related health benefit will be 7.98 × 10 DALYs (improving 3.25%). The deteriorating ozone health risks will also be improved. Controlling air pollution in large cities and regional center cities can achieve remarkable health benefits. Due to the inter-region, inter-province, and inter-city difference of health impacts, targeted and differentiated pollution prevention and control need to be implemented.

更新日期：2021-06-19

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