The Effect of Open-Air Waste Burning on Infant Health: Evidence from Government Failure in Lebanon
Abstract
An estimated 40 percent of the world's garbage is burned in open-air fires, which are responsible for as much as half of the global emissions of some pollutants. However, there is little evidence on the health consequences of open-air waste burning, especially for infants. In this issue of PERCspectives on Research, PERC’s Rex B. Grey Professor Mark Hoekstra, along with coauthors Pierre Mouganie and Ruba Ajeeb, estimate the effect of in-utero exposure to open-air waste burning on birth outcomes by examining the consequences of increased open-air waste burning due to the Lebanese garbage crisis of 2015.
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Citation
Hoekstra, Mark; Mouganie, Pierre; Ajeeb, Ruba (2021). The Effect of Open-Air Waste Burning on Infant Health: Evidence from Government Failure in Lebanon. Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /199338.