Nutrient Pollution: A Persistent Threat to Waterways

Nutrient Pollution: A Persistent Threat to Waterways

Erratum: “Nutrient Pollution: A Persistent Threat to Waterways”

Erratum: “Nutrient Pollution: A Persistent Threat to Waterways” The November 2014 News article “Nutrient Pollution: A Persistent Threat to Waterways” [Environ Health Perspect 122:A304–A309; http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.122-A304] accidentally used the same map to depict both phosphorus and nitrogen pollution in U.S. waterways. In addition, the caption for the phosphorus map incorrectly stated t...

Air pollution: a threat to the health of our children.

BACKGROUND/METHODS Current air pollution levels pose a threat to the health of children starting from conception. The scientific evidence is presented for mortality, morbidity, and sub-clinical effects. The first section deals with exposure data, the following sections with the evidence of health effects from epidemiology and toxicology leading to recommendations. RESULTS Improved air quality...

Nutrient Pollution: A Problem with Solutions

Voluntary-Threat Approaches to Reduce Ambient Water Pollution

This article uses theory and experiments to investigate voluntary-threat approaches for regulating nonpoint source water pollution. The policies allow a group of polluters to voluntarily meet a pollution standard, under threat of a mandatory tax policy to be implemented in the case of noncompliance. Building upon recent work by Segerson and Wu (2006), who propose what we label an “exogenous” vo...