Project 11 - Health Impacts

The demand for aviation transport is expected to increase over the next two decades, and that may lead to an increase in some emissions. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recognizes the growing public health concern associated with aviation emissions, either in communities near airports, nationally, or globally. To quantify the air pollution exposures and subsequent human health risks with reduced uncertainties, the FAA initiated this research project through PARTNER. The main science objective of this project is to understand and evaluate how aviation emissions contribute to local and regional air quality, through a combination of measurement and modeling studies, and to evaluate the potential incremental health risks due to air pollutants such as particulate matter, ozone, and hazardous air pollutants.

• Record URL:
  http://partner.mit.edu/projects/health-impacts-aviation-related-air-pollutants
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Program Information: Energy and Environment, Aviation Emissions

Language

• English

Project

• Status: Completed
• Funding: $599794.00
• Contract Numbers:

  10909133

• Sponsor Organizations:

  Federal Aviation Administration

  800 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20591
• Project Managers:

  Hileman, James

  Maurice, Lourdes

• Performing Organizations:

  Harvard University

  77 Massachusetts Avenue, 37-311, Cambridge, MA 02139
  , MA  United States 
• Principal Investigators:

  Waitz, Ian

• Start Date: 20120510
• Expected Completion Date: 0
• Actual Completion Date: 0
• Source Data: RiP Project 30502

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Air pollution; Airports; Aviation; Communities; Environmental impacts; Pollutants; Public health
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Environment; Terminals and Facilities; I15: Environment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01572005
• Record Type: Research project
• Source Agency: Department of Transportation
• Contract Numbers: 10909133
• Files: RIP
• Created Date: Jul 31 2015 1:01AM