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Pollution, Water and Health Location: B131 Session Chair: Epio Odette Bayala, Université de Sherbrooke | |
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Who Gains from Drinking Water Regulation? Evidence from the 2006 Arsenic Rule and Infant Health 1: University of California Davis, United States of America; 2: Old Dominion University, United States of America Limited evidence on the health effects of water contaminants has stymied the development of more stringent drinking water regulation. We evaluate the effects of the 2006 Final Arsenic Rule – a fiscally unpopular regulation which lowered the drinking water arsenic standard from 50 to 10 µ g/l – on infant health outcomes, a category not considered in prospective rule-making. Leveraging exogenous variation in policy binding status induced by the geological distribution of arsenic, we estimate annual health benefits of $85–303 million, shifting the benefit–cost ratio from 0.74 to 1.23 at the low end. Benefits largely accrue to Hispanic and Asian mothers despite widespread reductions in drinking water arsenic across populations, suggesting heightened sensitivity to arsenic exposure. | |