Public smoking laws and environmental smoke exposure
2010 study from UC Irvine and Queen’s University examining the effects of public-place smoking laws on smoking prevalence and second-hand smoke exposure.
Environment
Research roundups, tip sheets, articles and explainers related to the topic of energy and the environment
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Hidden health costs of transportation
2010 report by the American Public Health Association examining the external costs that automotive-transportation systems impose.
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Nutrition menu labels may lead to lower-calorie children’s restaurant meals
2010 study looking at the potential effects on children’s diet of putting nutrition information on fast food items.
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Direct and indirect costs of food safety regulation
2008 Center for Economic Studies paper on the effects of federal food safety regulations and private actions on the cost of meat and poultry processing.
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Who’s winning the clean energy race?
2010 paper on the increased investment of key developing nations in the global production of clean-energy technology.
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Tobacco use links with child malnutrition in developing countries
2009 Tufts University study on the relationship between household tobacco use and child nutrition in the developing world.
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Impact of air quality on hospital spending
2010 RAND Corporation study on the cost of medical care attributed to California’s failure to meet federal clean air standards.
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What drives land-use change in the United States?
2008 paper by Harvard University, Oregon State University, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture on the economic and policy drivers of national land-use change.
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Global versus local conservation for endangered bird species
2010 study examining the challenges of coordinating small-scale and large-scale endangered-species lists.
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Offshore wind power and transmission grid expansion
2010 study by researchers from the University of Delaware and Stony Brook University on the potential of large-scale wind-farm networks.
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