Large coal-fired power stations in Spain, Poland, Ukraine, and Bulgaria are topping the list of the most health-damaging point sources of emissions in Europe. These high-emission plants are each estimated to be responsible for the loss of between 10,000 and 20,000 life years, or roughly 1000 to 2000 premature deaths, every year.
The figures come from a new study, "Health impacts of emissions from large point sources", prepared for the Swedish NGO Secretariat on Acid Rain by Mike Holland at EMRC. It combines the health impact assessment methodology used by the EU's Clean Air For Europe (CAFE) programme with an emissions database for European large point sources, to assess health damage on a plant-by-plant basis.
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Press release 22 February 2006 (pdf, 60 kB)
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Full report (pdf, 380 kB)
Bron : The Swedish NGO Secretariat on Acid Rain
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