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'If this is what it's doing to our washing, what is it doing to our lungs?' Industrial pollution and public understanding in North-East England

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  • Moffatt, Suzanne
  • Phillimore, Peter
  • Bhopal, Raj
  • Foy, Christopher

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An epidemiological study of the impact of industrial pollution from a coking works in north-east England on the health of a population resident nearby uncovered strong but localised public concern about the possible dangers of air pollution. This paper discusses these popular concerns in the context of empirical findings from the study which examined evidence of ill-health alongside evidence on air quality levels. The substantive issues this paper examines relate to local variations in popular beliefs about health risks, and the relation between such beliefs and measurable differences in health states and status. The methodological issues addressed centre on the difficulties of interpreting this relationship between popular beliefs and concerns, on the one hand, and health experience, or apparent health experience, on the other.

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  • Moffatt, Suzanne & Phillimore, Peter & Bhopal, Raj & Foy, Christopher, 1995. "'If this is what it's doing to our washing, what is it doing to our lungs?' Industrial pollution and public understanding in North-East England," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 41(6), pages 883-891, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:socmed:v:41:y:1995:i:6:p:883-891
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    1. Branden B. Johnson, 2012. "Experience with Urban Air Pollution in Paterson, New Jersey and Implications for Air Pollution Communication," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 32(1), pages 39-53, January.
    2. Daxin Dong & Xiaowei Xu & Wen Xu & Junye Xie, 2019. "The Relationship Between the Actual Level of Air Pollution and Residents’ Concern about Air Pollution: Evidence from Shanghai, China," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 16(23), pages 1-18, November.
    3. A Irwin & P Simmons & G Walker, 1999. "Faulty Environments and Risk Reasoning: The Local Understanding of Industrial Hazards," Environment and Planning A, , vol. 31(7), pages 1311-1326, July.
    4. Boyang Xu & Daxin Dong, 2020. "Evaluating the Impact of Air Pollution on China’s Inbound Tourism: A Gravity Model Approach," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(4), pages 1-21, February.
    5. Dylan Simone & John Eyles & K. Newbold & Peter Kitchen & Allison Williams, 2012. "Air Quality in Hamilton: Who is Concerned? Perceptions from Three Neighbourhoods," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 108(2), pages 239-255, September.
    6. Supaporn Pinyochatchinda, 2014. "Pollution Management and Industrial Estates: Perceptions of Residents in the Vicinity of Map Ta Phut Industrial Estate, Thailand," Information Management and Business Review, AMH International, vol. 6(1), pages 42-48.
    7. Minerva Catalán‐Vázquez & Astrid Schilmann & Horacio Riojas‐Rodríguez, 2010. "Perceived Health Risks of Manganese in the Molango Mining District, Mexico," Risk Analysis, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 30(4), pages 619-634, April.

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