Unequal Health Burden from Air Pollution among Minors in Education,Environmental Science & Technology

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Unequal Health Burden from Air Pollution among Minors in Education
Environmental Science & Technology ( IF 10.8 ) Pub Date : 2024-07-24 , DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.4c02733
Yangyang Wu ₁ , Yiyi Wang ₁ , Jie Yang ₂ , Ting Zhang ₃ , Baojing Gu ₄ , Jiaming Wang ₁ , Hong Sun ₂ , Chen Li _{1,

5} , Futian Ren ₁ , Peng Wang _{1,

6} , Lei Huang ₁ , Yang Liu ₇

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Air pollution exposure has been linked to a variety of adverse health outcomes among minors; yet little is known about the associated health inequity across regions and schools. Here, we assessed the unequal health burden linked to particulate matter exposure among minors of 10,358 schools in China through 12,439,232 individual health records. Our findings highlight the persistent health risks with superlinear concentration–response patterns and following inverted U-shaped risk trends, that each 10 μg/m³ increase in PM_2.5 exposure resulted in 4.1% (3.9–4.2%) additional school absenteeism risk. Compared to urban well-built schools, minors in rural poor-built schools experienced significantly higher exposure and slower rate of risk reduction and had over 80.0% less medical resources while bearing 145.2% of the health burden. Disparities in pollution exposure, built environment, and resource allocation are intertwined to shape the health inequity pattern, especially between rural and urban schools. These findings underscore the urgency for persistent efforts aimed at disadvantaged schools to reduce pollution exposure and equitably distribute social resources, ultimately securing an impartial health-centered education for minors.

更新日期：2024-07-24

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