Poverty Status and IQ Gains from Revising the Dust Lead Hazard Standards: A Method for Evaluating Environmental Justice Implications?

Matthew LaPenta

No 280892, National Center for Environmental Economics-NCEE Working Papers from United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Abstract: ThepurposeofthispaperistooutlineamethodforevaluatingtheEnvironmentalJustice(EJ) implicationsofrevisingthedustleadhazardstandardsforfloors.Forsimplicitythispaperonly addressespopulationsasdefinedbypovertystatus,butthemethodsdescribedcanbeappliedto evaluatedistributionalimplicationsby race,ethnicity,andpopulationsdefinedaccordingto alternativeincomecategories. ThemethodforestimatingIQgainsfromchangesindustlead levelsfollowstheapproachdescribedinEPA’s2008report, TheApproachUsedforEstimating ChangesinChildren’sIQfromLeadDustGeneratedduringRenovation,Repair,andPaintingin ResidencesandChild-occupiedFacilities (EPA2008). Theresultspresentedindicatethat childrenlivingbelowthepovertylevelaremorelikelytolivewheredustleadlevelsexceedthe alternativehazardstandardlevelof10μg/ft2 forfloorsandthereforehavethepotentialtobenefit morefromarevisiontothestandardcomparedtochildrenlivingabovethepovertylevel.

Keywords: Environmental; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 26
Date: 2010-09
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.280892

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