Valuing the Cancer Mortality Risk Reduction from Lowering the Arsenic Maximum Contaminant Level in New Hampshire Municipal Water Supplies
| Autor: | Robert S. Woodward, Paul Susca, Robert D. Mohr, John M. Halstead, Scott R. Lemos |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
chemistry.chemical_element Water supply 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences Arsenic Willingness to pay Water Supply Environmental health Neoplasms Maximum Contaminant Level Humans New Hampshire Child ARSENIC EXPOSURE 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Cancer mortality Global and Planetary Change Contingent valuation Ecology business.industry Pollution Arsenic contamination of groundwater chemistry Business Risk Reduction Behavior |
| Zdroj: | Environmental management. 65(6) |
| ISSN: | 1432-1009 |
| Popis: | This study uses a 2018 stated preference survey to elicit a willingness to pay (WTP) to reduce the cancer morbidity and mortality risk from arsenic exposure through drinking water. Respondents who use a public water supply are willing to pay $35.43 per month for the risk reduction associated with lowering the maximum allowable level of arsenic in drinking water from 10 to a hypothetical level of 3 ppb; households on private wells are willing to pay $29.19. Respondents from households with children were willing to pay significantly more than respondents from households without children. We derive values of a statistical life (VSL) of $4.61 million and $3.48 million per household member, respectively, in households using municipal or well water. Shortly after the initial release of these findings, New Hampshire became the second state to set a maximum allowable level for arsenic below the national limit of 10 ppb. |
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