Effects of livestock and poultry breeding pollution on health risks: Evidence from a hog breeding case in rural China
With the rapid development of livestock and poultry breeding industries, pollution problems caused by the discharge of wastewater and manure have become increasingly severe. However, studies on the impacts of this pollution on rural residents’ health are lacking. Based on data from the Peking Univer...
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| description | With the rapid development of livestock and poultry breeding industries, pollution problems caused by the discharge of wastewater and manure have become increasingly severe. However, studies on the impacts of this pollution on rural residents’ health are lacking. Based on data from the Peking University's China Family Panel Studies in 2010 and 2014, this paper uses a cross-sectional and panel data probit model to estimate the probability of breeding industry development in rural areas increasing the health risks of local villagers. First, the study found that the more households engaged in breeding in the region or the larger the scale of regional breeding, the higher the health risks to local villagers, particularly in areas where pigs are raised. Second, compared with individual farming, the greater the proportion of large-scale farming, the higher the health risks to villagers. Third, the development of the breeding industry seldom includes the ecological recycling of wastes and fails to reduce the use of local pesticides and fertilizers, thereby increasing the health risks to villagers. Therefore, this paper argues that providing technology to process breeding industry waste and establish an organic industrial production chain will be crucial to reducing the impact of breeding industry pollution on human health. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-93c29056a85d49aea63f6bfaa50a80aa2022-12-22T03:52:54ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Chinese Journal of Population, Resources and Environment2325-42622020-12-01184342349Effects of livestock and poultry breeding pollution on health risks: Evidence from a hog breeding case in rural ChinaDan Fan0Yanxin Mao1Lihe Xu2Wenguo Wang3Western China Economic Research Center, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Chengdu, 611130, ChinaNational Survey Research Center, Renmin University of China, Beijing, 100872, ChinaGuangdong Institute for International Strategies, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangzhou, 510420, China; Corresponding author.Biogas Institute of Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Chengdu, 610041, ChinaWith the rapid development of livestock and poultry breeding industries, pollution problems caused by the discharge of wastewater and manure have become increasingly severe. However, studies on the impacts of this pollution on rural residents’ health are lacking. Based on data from the Peking University's China Family Panel Studies in 2010 and 2014, this paper uses a cross-sectional and panel data probit model to estimate the probability of breeding industry development in rural areas increasing the health risks of local villagers. First, the study found that the more households engaged in breeding in the region or the larger the scale of regional breeding, the higher the health risks to local villagers, particularly in areas where pigs are raised. Second, compared with individual farming, the greater the proportion of large-scale farming, the higher the health risks to villagers. Third, the development of the breeding industry seldom includes the ecological recycling of wastes and fails to reduce the use of local pesticides and fertilizers, thereby increasing the health risks to villagers. Therefore, this paper argues that providing technology to process breeding industry waste and establish an organic industrial production chain will be crucial to reducing the impact of breeding industry pollution on human health.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2325426221000085FarmingPollutionHealth riskRural areas |
| spellingShingle | Dan Fan Yanxin Mao Lihe Xu Wenguo Wang Effects of livestock and poultry breeding pollution on health risks: Evidence from a hog breeding case in rural China Chinese Journal of Population, Resources and Environment Farming Pollution Health risk Rural areas |
| title | Effects of livestock and poultry breeding pollution on health risks: Evidence from a hog breeding case in rural China |
| title_full | Effects of livestock and poultry breeding pollution on health risks: Evidence from a hog breeding case in rural China |
| title_fullStr | Effects of livestock and poultry breeding pollution on health risks: Evidence from a hog breeding case in rural China |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of livestock and poultry breeding pollution on health risks: Evidence from a hog breeding case in rural China |
| title_short | Effects of livestock and poultry breeding pollution on health risks: Evidence from a hog breeding case in rural China |
| title_sort | effects of livestock and poultry breeding pollution on health risks evidence from a hog breeding case in rural china |
| topic | Farming Pollution Health risk Rural areas |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2325426221000085 |
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