INHALE

Impact on humaN Health of Agriculture and Livestock Emissions

Air pollution remains Europe’s top environmental threat to health, as recently reminded by the European Environmental Agency. Italy is the second EU country for premature deaths from air pollution (PM2.5), with the highest concentration in the affluent and highly populated Po valley. The COVID-19 pandemic has made air pollution more salient, by raising awareness of its devastating effects and amplification of concurrent diseases, including viral ones. However, it has also made clear the extent to which agriculture and livestock are part of the problem and should likewise be part of the solution.

List of partners
Funder

Research Team

  • Bosetti Valentina (Principal Investigator of INHALE) - Full professor at the Department of Economics, Bocconi University

  • Granella Francesco (Researcher) - PhD student, Bocconi University and Post-Degree researcher, RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment (EIEE)

  • Malpede Maurizio (Researcher) - Postdoctoral Researcher, Bocconi University

  • Jacopo Lunghi (Researcher) - PhD student, Bocconi University

  • Tavoni Massimo (Principal Investigator of INHALE) - Director of the RFF-CMCC European Institute on Economics and the Environment (EIEE) and Full Professor of Climate Economics at Politecnico di Milano

  • Aleluia da Silva Reis Lara (Researcher) - Junior researcher of CMCC, under the research division SEME-Sustainable Earth Modelling Economics

  • Valenti Silvia (Research Dissemination and Outreach) - Legambiente Lombardia Press Office and Communication manager

  • Di Simine Cosimo Damiano (Scientific communication expert) - Scientific coordinator Legambiente Lombardia

Project output

Summary

Coverage

Academic Publications

  • Lunghi, J., Malpede, M., & Reis, L. A. (2024). Exploring the impact of livestock on air quality: A deep dive into Ammonia and particulate matter in Lombardy. Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 105, 107456. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eiar.2024.107456

  • Renna, S., Lunghi, J., Granella, F., Malpede, M., & Di Simine, D. (2024). Impacts of agriculture on PM10 pollution and human health in the Lombardy region in Italy. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 12, 1369678. https://doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2024.1369678

  • Granella, F., Renna, S., & Reis, L. A. (2024). The formation of secondary inorganic aerosols: A data-driven investigation of Lombardy’s secondary inorganic aerosol problem. Atmospheric Environment, 327, 120480.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosenv.2024.120480