In light of the low public awareness of ozone pollution and the potential health threats posed by long-term ozone … exposure, this study estimates the causal effect of long-term ozone exposure on respiratory mortality. By employing an … instrumental variable based on the long-distance transmission of ozone from upwind neighbor counties, we discover that an increase …

compliance and pollution levels in the context of monitors for tropospheric ozone (O3). Using a panel dataset of monitors in the …The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) maintains networks of pollution monitors for two basic purposes: to … pollution and its effects. These purposes imply conflicting criteria for the locations of a limited number of monitors. To check …

In light of the low public awareness of ozone pollution and the potential health threats posed by long-term ozone … exposure, this study estimates the causal effect of long-term ozone exposure on respiratory mortality. By employing an … instrumental variable based on the long-distance transmission of ozone from upwind neighbor counties, we discover that an increase …

In 1997, the United States National Ambient Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) for ozone was revised from a 1-h average of 0 ….12 parts per million (ppm) to an 8-h average of 0.08 ppm. Analysis of ozone data for the ensemble of the contiguous United …

probability distributions of daily maximum 8-hour average O3 concentrations at a large ensemble of rural sites. Ozone …

ozone concentration in the United States from 1980-2013, and the role of institution-induced adaptation. Ozone is formed …

Ground-level ozone has been shown to have significant negative health externalities from short-term exposure, and as … such has been regulated by the U.S. Clean Air Act since the 1970s. Ozone is not emitted directly; instead formation occurs … of ozone precursors and not when these emissions occur. Using hourly data on ambient ozone from 1980-2017 near the U …

We estimate how acute air pollution exposure from wildfire smoke impacts human health in the U.S., allowing for …. Smaller pollution shocks have outsized health impacts, indicating significant health benefits from improving air quality, even …