Reduce Health Risks by Subsidizing Particulate Traps in New Diesel Cars

From 2010 on, new diesel cars sold in the European Union will probably have to be equipped with particulate traps to be able to meet the Euro-5 emission standards. In order to possibly diminish the health impacts of exposure to airborne particulates, the Dutch Ministry of the Environment is going to subsidize particulate traps ion new diesel cars between 1 January 2005 and the time the Euro-5 emissions standards come into force. The Ministry asked the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency to assess the possible short-term health risk reduction of this subsidy program for 2010. The total number of premature deaths due to short-term exposure to PM(sub 10) in the Netherlands is approximately 2800. However, there is still much uncertainty about what part of the total PM(sub 10) causes this observed acute mortality. For this reason the health risk reduction of the particulate trap subsidy program was estimated using three different assumptions on which part of the PM (sub 10) is actually causing acute premature mortality. From the assessment it can be presumed that the subsidy program will result in around 40 fewer deaths in 2010 due to short term exposure to PM (sub 10) in the case only primary anthropogenic PM (sub 10) causes the observed acute health impact.

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• Authors:
  • Van den Brink, R M M
  • Van Bree, L
• Conference:
  • Urban Transport XI: Urban Transport and the Environment in the 21st Century
  • Location: Algarve , Portugal
  • Date: 2005-4-12 to 2005-4-14
• Publication Date: 2005-3

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Features: Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: pp 441-454
• Monograph Title: Urban Transport XI: Urban Transport and the Environment in the 21st Century

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Anthropology; Diesel engines; Emission control devices; Environmental control; Environmental impacts; Environmental protection; Health hazards; Particulates; Traffic
• Subject Areas: Construction; Environment; Highways; Operations and Traffic Management; Vehicles and Equipment; I91: Vehicle Design and Safety;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01001149
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 184564008X
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 23 2005 12:40PM