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Economic Burden from Illnesses Associated with Recreational Coastal Waters
This study quantifies the personal economic burden that can result from illnesses associated with polluted recreational marine waters. Using a cost-of-illness framework applied to health and income data, we found the personal health costs per gastrointestinal illness (GI) is $22.41, the average cost per acute febrile respiratory illness is $49.20, the average cost per ear ailment is $17.02, and the average cost per eye ailment is $20.20. These individual costs become substantial when we consider that millions of exposures per year can result in hundreds of thousands of illnesses annually. For example, if coastal waters meet the US EPA standard exactly for one year (which allows for a 1.9% illness rate for GI), the 5.5 million beach swimmers at Southern California's Newport and Huntington Beaches alone would suffer over 100,000 GI illnesses. There would also be over 100,000 illnesses of various other types such as respiratory, eye and ear infections. All these illnesses combined would result in a cumulative health burden of $5.7 million per year for just these two beaches alone. This paper provides a basis for the inclusion of public health costs that can result from polluted waters when conducting economic analyses of pollution abatement alternatives. Decision-makers can support pollution prevention costs for actions such as the diversion and treatment of urban runoff, if the potential economic health costs averted are significantly larger.
Economic Burden from Illnesses Associated with Recreational Coastal Waters
This study quantifies the personal economic burden that can result from illnesses associated with polluted recreational marine waters. Using a cost-of-illness framework applied to health and income data, we found the personal health costs per gastrointestinal illness (GI) is $22.41, the average cost per acute febrile respiratory illness is $49.20, the average cost per ear ailment is $17.02, and the average cost per eye ailment is $20.20. These individual costs become substantial when we consider that millions of exposures per year can result in hundreds of thousands of illnesses annually. For example, if coastal waters meet the US EPA standard exactly for one year (which allows for a 1.9% illness rate for GI), the 5.5 million beach swimmers at Southern California's Newport and Huntington Beaches alone would suffer over 100,000 GI illnesses. There would also be over 100,000 illnesses of various other types such as respiratory, eye and ear infections. All these illnesses combined would result in a cumulative health burden of $5.7 million per year for just these two beaches alone. This paper provides a basis for the inclusion of public health costs that can result from polluted waters when conducting economic analyses of pollution abatement alternatives. Decision-makers can support pollution prevention costs for actions such as the diversion and treatment of urban runoff, if the potential economic health costs averted are significantly larger.
Economic Burden from Illnesses Associated with Recreational Coastal Waters
Dwight, Ryan H. (Autor:in) / Fernandez, Linda M. (Autor:in) / Baker, Dean B. (Autor:in) / Semenza, Jan C. (Autor:in) / Olson, Betty H. (Autor:in)
California and the World Ocean 2002 ; 2002 ; Santa Barbara, California, United States
California and the World Ocean '02 ; 739-752
16.03.2005
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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