Energy sources, environment and public health

Vladimir Grachev () and Natalia Kurysheva ()
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Vladimir Grachev: Lomonosov Moscow State University
Natalia Kurysheva: Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center, Moscow

No 9412329, Proceedings of International Academic Conferences from International Institute of Social and Economic Sciences

Abstract: The paper discusses the issue of the impact of various energy technologies on public health since the matter is pressing due to the emergence of new ways to harness energy such as waste incineration. The study shows that coal energy, waste incineration, and transport emissions are major hazards to public health. The study reveals nuclear energy is the most environmentally efficient and has the least adverse impact on public health. The paper demonstrates that the use of waste to generate energy is extremely dangerous for public health and can cause emission of polychlorinated dibenzodioxins, which poses a serious hazard. The paper postulates it is uncertain whether waste incineration is beneficial in terms of energy, but it is dangerous for sure. According to the paper, the use of conventional motor fuels is also hazardous due to benzopyrene emissions. Therefore, it is better to use the energy harnessed at nuclear or gas power plants to fir motor vehicles.

Keywords: public health; natural gas; polychlorinated dibenzodioxins; nuclear; municipal solid waste; air pollution; benzopyrene (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I00 Q42 Q53 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 6 pages
Date: 2019-10
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-ene and nep-env
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Published in Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 50th International Academic Conference, Paris, Oct 2019, pages 85-90

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