Air quality and human health improvements from reductions in deforestation-related fire in Brazil
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In Brazil, reducing wildfire-related particulate emissions by 30% would prevent about 400 to 1700 premature adult deaths annually.
“In Brazil, the reduction of wildfire-related particulate emissions by 30% indicates a health improvement by preventing about 400 to 1700 premature adult deaths annually8.”
From Health impacts of wildfire-related air pollution in Brazil: a nationwide study of more than 2 million hospital admissions between 2008 and 2018 (2021) · cites this paper as [8]
The paper reports that a 40% reduction in Brazil’s deforestation rates is estimated to prevent 1,060 premature adult deaths annually across South America, with a 95% confidence interval of 388–1,721 (Abstract; page not provided). Its 30% figure refers to lower dry-season PM2.5 concentrations in low-deforestation years, not a 30% reduction in particulate emissions; the mortality estimate is also for South America, not Brazil alone. (LLM, conf=0.90)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredAbout 12-16% of global wildfire-related particulate emissions occur across Brazil.
“About 12–16% of global wildfire-related particulate emissions occur across Brazil8.”
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Only four studies on wildfire, air pollution, health effects, human exposure, and Brazil were found in PubMed and Web of Science, and three of them focused only on the Amazon region.
“We found only four studies8,16–18 and three of them focused only on the Amazon region.”
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- Authors
- Reddington, C. L., Butt, E. W., Ridley, D. A., Artaxo, P., Morgan, W. T., Coe, H., & Spracklen, D. V.
- Affiliations
- University of Leeds (GB)
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (US)
- Universidade de São Paulo (BR)
- University of Manchester (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Spracklen, D. V.
- Venue
- Nature Geoscience
- Published
- 2015-09-16
- Volume
- 8
- Issue
- 10
- Pages
- 768-771
- ISSN
- 1752-0894 (ISSN-L)
- 1752-0908
- OpenAlex
- W2149347890
- Cited by
- 244
- References
- 4
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- FWCI
- 8.64
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Nature Geoscience (publishedVersion)
- White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) (acceptedVersion)
- Research Explorer (The University of Manchester) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- United Bank of Carbon
- Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (12/14437-9, 13/05014-0)
- Natural Environment Research Council (NE/J010073/1, NE/J009822/1)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis › Air Quality and Health Impacts
- Physical Sciences › Earth and Planetary Sciences › Atmospheric Science › Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Global and Planetary Change › Atmospheric aerosols and clouds
- Keywords
- deforestation fires, fire emissions, particulate matter, aerosol optical depth, air quality, human health, premature mortality, Amazon deforestation, Brazil, Bolivia, global aerosol model, response functions
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