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Pollution, Water and Health Location: B131 Session Chair: Epio Odette Bayala, Université de Sherbrooke | |
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Environmental shock and children’s health: the case of toxic waste dumping in Ivory Coast Université de Sherbrooke, Canada This study assesses the long-term health consequences of the 2006 toxic waste dumping in Ivory Coast. Using geospatial matching between dumping sites and Demographic and Health Surveys household clusters, we measure exposure as distance to the nearest contaminated location. Our results show that each additional 10 kilometers of distance improves weight-for-age and weight-for-height scores by 0.11 and 0.10 standard deviations and reduces the likelihood of underweight and wasting among children aged 0-5 years by 3 and 2 percentage points. Evidence on mechanisms points to adverse birth conditions and deteriorating local economic activity as key channels. The findings highlight the enduring health burden of cross-border hazardous waste flows, and the environmental justice challenges they generate in developing countries. | |