Ammonia emissions from agriculture and their contribution to fine particulate matter: A review of implications for human health

KE Wyer, DB Kelleghan, V Blanes-Vidal… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Atmospheric ammonia (NH 3) released from agriculture is contributing significantly to
acidification and atmospheric NH 3 may have on human health is much less readily …

The contribution of wildfire to PM2.5 trends in the USA

M Burke, ML Childs, B de la Cuesta, M Qiu, J Li… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Steady improvements in ambient air quality in the USA over the past several decades, in
part a result of public policy,, have led to public health benefits,,–. However, recent trends in …

Mortality attributable to long-term exposure to ambient fine particulate matter: insights from the epidemiologic evidence for understudied locations

KJ Colonna, P Koutrakis, PL Kinney… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Epidemiologic cohort studies have consistently demonstrated that long-term exposure to
ambient fine particles (PM2. 5) is associated with mortality. Nevertheless, extrapolating …

Cultured meat: promises and challenges

N Treich - Environmental and Resource Economics, 2021 - Springer
Cultured meat involves producing meat from animal cells, not from slaughtered animals.
This innovation has the potential to revolutionize the meat industry, with wide implications for …

Infectious diseases and meat production

R Espinosa, D Tago, N Treich - Environmental and Resource Economics, 2020 - Springer
Most infectious diseases in humans originate from animals. In this paper, we explore the role
of animal farming and meat consumption in the emergence and amplification of infectious …

Regulating meat consumption to improve health, the environment and animal welfare

C Bonnet, Z Bouamra-Mechemache, V Réquillart… - Food Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
Meat consumption has increased significantly in the last 50 years. This trend raises various
health and environmental issues, as well as moral concerns regarding farm animal welfare …

Air quality–related health damages of food

NGG Domingo, S Balasubramanian… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - National Acad Sciences
Agriculture is a major contributor to air pollution, the largest environmental risk factor for
mortality in the United States and worldwide. It is largely unknown, however, how individual …

A low-carbon electricity sector in Europe risks sustaining regional inequalities in benefits and vulnerabilities

JP Sasse, E Trutnevyte - Nature communications, 2023 - nature.com
Improving equity is an emerging priority in climate and energy strategies, but little is known
how these strategies would alter inequalities. Regional inequalities such as price …

[HTML][HTML] How to transition to reduced-meat diets that benefit people and the planet

NA Rust, L Ridding, C Ward, B Clark, L Kehoe… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Overwhelming evidence shows that overconsumption of meat is bad for human and
environmental health and that moving towards a more plant-based diet is more sustainable …

Expected health effects of reduced air pollution from COVID-19 social distancing

S Cicala, SP Holland, ET Mansur, NZ Muller, AJ Yates - Atmosphere, 2021 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic resulted in stay-at-home policies and other social distancing
behaviors in the United States in spring of 2020. This paper examines the impact that these …