@article {635616, title = {Trade-driven relocation of air pollution and health impacts in China}, journal = {Nature Communications}, volume = {8}, year = {2017}, abstract = {Recent studies show that international trade affects global distributions of air pollution andpublic health. Domestic interprovincial trade has similar effects within countries, but has notbeen comprehensively investigated previously. Here we link four models to evaluate theeffects of both international exports and interprovincial trade on PM2.5pollution and publichealth across China. We show that 50{\textendash}60\% of China{\textquoteright}s air pollutant emissions in 2007 wereassociated with goods and services consumed outside of the provinces where they wereproduced. Of an estimated 1.10 million premature deaths caused by PM2.5pollutionthroughout China, nearly 19\% (208,500 deaths) are attributable to international exports. Incontrast, interprovincial trade leads to improved air quality in developed coastal provinceswith a net effect of 78,500 avoided deaths nationwide. However, both international exportand interprovincial trade exacerbate the health burdens of air pollution in China{\textquoteright}s lessdeveloped interior provinces. Our results reveal trade to be a critical but largely overlookedconsideration in effective regional air quality planning for China.}, url = {https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-017-00918-5.epdf?author_access_token=1ibCjzEowkvAM38EFEeJK9RgN0jAjWel9jnR3ZoTv0N3Q-oW7VIfWcDm2Zc-xjr4FLOANsbsUuZ3pw6LpujzBrIO2AaR1DUR4dggK_V1zGebFIYSNUSlDVUZYfrGhPV6ScivUsy9F8QJiXoOue16Dg\%3D\%3D}, author = {Wang, Haikun and Zhang, Yanxu and Lu, Xi and Zhu, Weimo and Nielsen, Chris P. and Bi, Jun and McElroy, Michael B.} }