Health Impacts of Diesel, Based on Data from the National­Scale Air Toxics Assessment (NATA)

The report uses data from the National-Scale Air Toxics Assessment (NATA) and the Environmental Benefits Mapping and Analysis Program (BenMAP) to quantify the health burden of diesel PM2.5. It finds that offroad diesel sources generally cause more cases of premature mortality and higher economic costs than onroad sources. The analysis employs a variety of epidemiological studies to estimate endpoints ranging from adult mortality to childhood asthma exacerbations, applying EPA-standard unit values and income adjustments to determine the economic impact.

• Offroad diesel sources are estimated to have a larger impact on human health and economic costs than onroad sources across most categories. For adult mortality (based on Laden et al, 2006), offroad diesel is associated with 23,900 cases valued at $180,000 million, compared to 11,200 cases valued at $84,200 million for onroad diesel.
• The economic valuation of premature mortality is set at $8,300,000 per case, a value that includes an adjustment for an assumed 20-year lag between PM exposure changes and mortality rate changes.
• The report identifies a wide range of health endpoints affected by diesel particles, including chronic bronchitis, nonfatal heart attacks, hospital admissions for cardiovascular and respiratory causes, and asthma-related emergency room visits.
• For the year 2002, the highest number of cases attributed to onroad diesel were minor restricted activity days (3,590,000 cases) and work loss days (616,000 cases). For offroad diesel, these were 7,850,000 and 1,350,000 cases respectively.

APA

McCubbin, D. (2009). Health Impacts of Diesel, Based on Data from the National­Scale Air Toxics Assessment (NATA). Clean Air Task Force. https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/21093819/CATF_Pub_Diesel_Health_Impacts.pdf

Chicago

McCubbin, Donald. Health Impacts of Diesel, Based on Data from the National­Scale Air Toxics Assessment (NATA). Clean Air Task Force, 2009. https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/21093819/CATF_Pub_Diesel_Health_Impacts.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{mccubbin2009health, author = {McCubbin, Donald}, title = {{Health Impacts of Diesel, Based on Data from the National­Scale Air Toxics Assessment (NATA)}}, institution = {Clean Air Task Force}, year = {2009}, month = oct, url = {https://cdn.catf.us/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/21093819/CATF_Pub_Diesel_Health_Impacts.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }