Sandie Ha, Hui Hu, Jeffrey Roth, Haidong Kan, Xiaohui Xu, Associations Between Residential Proximity to Power Plants and Adverse Birth Outcomes, American Journal of Epidemiology, Volume 182, Issue 3, 1 August 2015, Pages 215224, https://doi.org/10.1093/aje/kwv042. These results call for further investigation to confirm our results and to investigate the specific pollutants generated from power plants that are responsible for this association. The exposure for this study was proximity to a nonrenewable-source power plant. Shi C Natural gas is stored in large volumes in underground facilities and in smaller volumes in tanks above or below ground. AR A blog on science, politics, and activism. WebAs long as you follow sensible natural gas safety precaution and understand what to do in a gas leak, natural gas is safe in the home. Anenberg Some places in the country, however, still have setbacks for homes that are less then 300 feet. A Burning fossil fuels at power plants creates emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOX), particulate matter (PM), carbon dioxide (CO2),mercury (Hg), and other pollutants. Bell VPTD was defined as a birth that occurred before 32 weeks of gestation. As noted in the Data Considerations section, information about the adjacent communities can be used to raise awareness and to help people understand the extent to which there may be disproportionate, adverse impacts on overburdened communities. It is an environmental justice screening and mapping tool that utilizes standarddata to highlight places that may have higher environmental burdens and vulnerable populations. Anderson Coal was strongly associated with all adverse birth outcomes (Table4). Furthermore, when studying a proposed natural gas power plant, a California Energy Commission analysis found that local one-hour concentrations of NO2 (one form of NOx) would nearly double from their background levels. Called a gas blow, the operation involved workers streaming natural gas through a pipe at a high velocity in order to remove debris from new piping. State energy information, including overviews, rankings, data, and analyses. Zhu Yu Energy & Financial Markets: What Drives Crude Oil Prices? Reserves, production, prices, employment and productivity, distribution, stocks, imports and exports. 2023 ZDNET, A Red Ventures company. L Maps, tools, and resources related to energy disruptions and infrastructure. We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. Eshoul Additional layers which can be toggled on/off include power plant emissions, area demographics, and tribal areas. Cons. Updated March 27, 2012. Midwest Senior Policy Manager. Petroeschevsky First, analysis of proximity as both a continuous variable and as a categorical variable addresses exposure-response relationships, but it does so in different ways with different assumptions. TH This generating capacity may likely be replaced by natural gas-fired power plants and renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar. Fetal sex and preterm birth: Are males at greater risk? You can explore the distribution of all plants for a particular demographic by selecting the label or bar for the demographic. Chen Now, I know that 1% does not sound like very much, but give me a moment to explain why this is still significant. Sales, revenue and prices, power plants, fuel use, stocks, generation, trade, demand & emissions. Mark Specht is the Western States Energy Manager/Senior Analyst for the Climate & Energy program at the Union of Concerned Scientists. The graph below compares the key demographics ofcommunities near power plants to national averages. Would it be safe to live on land that once belonged to a nuclear power plant if that plant had no accidents? If everything had been done properly t We are a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. With coal combustion accounting for approximately 45% of electricity produced in the United States, it may pose a serious public health issue. Natural gas power plants emit more NOx when they are starting up; on average, they emit anywhere between three and seven times as much NOx during start-up than during one hour of full-load operation. Stolz For example, in Ohio the setback from a homeis 100 feetfrom awell - not even from the boundary of a wellpad - and only 75 feet for a directional well. UCS recently co-sponsored a bill in the California legislature that was designed to shed light on pollution from natural gas power plants and require better planning for pollution reductions from plants. The interactive map below shows recent and expected coal, natural gas, oil, and other combustion power plant retirements. These pollutants are known to contribute to adverse health outcomes, including the development of heart or lung diseases, such as asthma and bronchitis, increased susceptibility to respiratory and cardiac symptoms, greater numbers of emergency room visits and hospital admissions, and premature deaths. update email soon. Stieb The impacts of power plant emissions are not limited to the areas near power plants. Natural Resources Defense Council 2023 Privacy Policy C Dominici The power sector has significantly reduced many of these pollutants over the past two decades, but important health and environmental concerns persist. DM Natural gas provides a cost-effective option for The photo to the right shows gas venting out of an open pipe shortly before the explosion on February 7th. PC In the graph below, the low-income(verticalaxis) and the people of color(horizontal axis) are plotted for the communitiesaround each U.S. fossil fuel-fired power plant. JL Association Between Number of Plants Within 20 km, by Fuel Type, and Adverse Birth Outcomes in Florida From 2004 to 2005. a Adjusted for maternal age, maternal race, maternal education, marital status, census block group income, and urban neighborhood. Strmgren For example, higher exposure to sulfur dioxide has been linked to PTD among singleton births (28) and decreased term birth weight (29). R State Disclosures, Senior Advocate, Dirty Energy, Lands Division, Nature Program. Mangones For example, the fact that our study showed an increased proportion of females among the term LBW group and a decreased proportion of females among the PTD and VPTD groups confirmed previous findings. et al. Chang On average, males weigh 150 and 200 g more than females (36) given term birth, and they have a 9%24% increased risk for PTD (37). However, we have also used a fully adjusted model with all covariates in our directed acyclic graph. . . J Basic stages of natural gas processing and treatment. Morara WebThis is so because the stack is usually several 100s meters tall, so that pollutants in flue gas are dispersed in the atmosphere and only have an influence at distances in the range of The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is home to the Federal Housing Administration (FHA). Because living near power plants may expose people to additional sources of air pollution, this proximity may increase their risk of having negative health endpoints. We were unable to perform analyses for more refined proximity categories because of low sample size for certain cells. Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; LBW, low birth weight; OR, odds ratio; PM2.5, particulate matter less than 2.5 m in diameter; PTD, preterm delivery; SD, standard deviation; VPTD, very preterm delivery. Yli-Tuomi Krewski D Lets plan for a clean energy future that does not lead to even more air pollution in communities already afflicted with pollution. JJ DM Subscribe to feeds for updates on EIA products including Today in Energy and What's New. Wellhead natural gas may contain contaminants and hydrocarbon gas liquids (HGLs) that must be removed before the natural gas can be safely transported through high-pressure, long-distance pipelines to consumers. We were also unable to adjust for daily activities patterns. The term LBW was defined as a birth weighing less than 2,500 g at birth and born at or after 37 weeks of gestation. This finding has also been observed in Taiwan by Tsai et al. These keydemographicsand information about nearby power plants may help identify a community's potential vulnerability to environmental concerns. Buonocore Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. For example, you could filter the data to only display the largest emitting coal-fired plants with neighboring communities above the 80th percentile nationally of low-income population. Come test out some of the products still in development and let us know what you think! Moreover, there is recent evidence suggesting that harmful emissions from power plants may be increasing (16). Burning natural gas for energy results in fewer emissions of nearly all types of air pollutants and carbon dioxide (CO 2) than burning coal or petroleum products to produce an equal amount of energy. Zeitlin Spengler Specifically, for each 5-km decrease in the distance to any power plant, the odds of term LBW, PTD, and VPTD increased by 1.1% (odds ratio (OR) = 1.011, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.002, 1.020), 1.8% (OR = 1.018, 95% CI: 1.013, 1.023), and 2.2% (OR = 1.022, 95% CI: 1.010, 1.034), respectively. Abbreviations: aOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; LBW, low birth weight; PTD, preterm delivery; VPTD, very preterm delivery. Wilhelm EM Table3 presents the adjusted associations between proximity to power plants and term LBW, PTD, and VPTD by nearest power plant type. The United States uses three main types of underground natural gas storage facilities: U.S. Energy Information Administration, 1000 Independence Ave., SW, Washington, DC 20585, Residential Energy Consumption Survey (RECS), Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS). Natural gas transmission pipelines are wide-diameter pipelines and are often the long-distance portion of natural gas pipeline systems that connect gathering systems in producing areas, natural gas processing plants, and other receipt points to the main consumer service areas. 2 Brattle Square, Cambridge MA 02138, USA, produces less global warming emissions and air pollution, projections from the California Air Resources Board, concentrated in some of the most socioeconomically and environmentally disadvantaged communities. Characteristics and risk factors for adverse birth outcomes in pregnant black adolescents, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Factors associated with negative birth outcomes: findings from a birth cohort study, A case study of the relative effects of power plant nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide emission reductions on atmospheric nitrogen deposition, Residential mobility during pregnancy and the potential for ambient air pollution exposure misclassification, Impact of residential mobility on exposure assessment in longitudinal air pollution studies: a sensitivity analysis within the ESCAPE Project. a Adjusted for maternal age, maternal race, education, marital status, census block group income, and urban neighborhood. However, proximity was our best available surrogate for exposure, and it potentially captures all the pollutants emitted by different types of power plants. 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Bell Lee Hodges F Burning fossil fuels to produce electricity creates emissions of sulfur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOX), particulate matter (PM), carbon dioxide (CO2),mercury (Hg) and other hazardous air pollutants (HAPs), and other pollutants. HUD goes further and states that "Operating and abandoned oil and gas wells pose potentialhazards to housing, in Ohio the setback from a homeis 100 feet, Northeast Ohio Gas Accountability Project. Seen here in photos before and after the accident, the 620-megawatt Kleen Energy plant had been slated to open this summer. Geer Martinez The failure of a single dam on the Ru River in China caused an estimated 171,000 deaths. et al. Minority, low-income, and indigenous populations frequently bear a disproportionate burden of environmental harms and adverse health outcomes, including the development of heart or lung diseases, such as asthma and bronchitis, increased susceptibility to respiratory and cardiac symptoms, greater numbers of emergency room visits and hospital admissions, and premature deaths. The following sections are presented below: There are over 3,400 fossil fuel-fired power plants in the United States. JM N These pollutants have been linked to adverse birth outcomes in many studies. In The lack of consistent associations between nuclear plants and adverse birth outcomes is consistent with results from several previous studies, which showed no association between distance to nuclear power plants and adverse birth outcomes (1719, 34). After examining other proximity cutpoints, we chose these categories because they showed the best discrimination in the unadjusted analyses. Second, just because the electric sector is cleaner than the transportation sector does not mean the electric sector is not dirty. The association between adverse birth outcomes and total number of power plants within 20 km was determined. Compared with pregnant women who lived with no power plants within a 20 km radius, women living near 2 power plants had a 7% increased odds of term LBW (OR = 1.07, 95% CI: 1.01, 1.12), 12% increased odds of PTD (OR = 1.12, 95% CI: 1.09, 1.15), and 17% increased odds of VPTD (OR = 1.17, 95% CI: 1.09, 1.25). ML Updated January 2012. Natural gas power accounts for about 20 percent of the nation's electricity. Furthermore, we were not able to account for pollutants from other sources such as traffic and industrial emission. Peacock Ren Pope The following maps and graphs highlight powerplants located in or near communities with one or more of the six key demographics at or above the 80thpercentile nationally. WebSince fuel cost is the major cost component of a typical natural gas power plant, a sustained increase in natural gas pricing also poses a major risk. We geocoded 423,719 singleton Florida births born from 2004 to 2005 and all active power plants and determined residential proximity to the nearest power plant for each birth. The following map identifies thelocations of power plants and highlights the key demographics of people living within threemiles of those plants. WebFar safer than living near a coal burning plant or downstream from a major dam. Chen B Valero De Bernab air pollution, California, clean energy, emissions, natural gas, NOx. This analysis yielded results consistent with proximity to power plants as a measure of exposure. Some towns in Texas have setbacks of up to 1,000 feet from a home, fresh water well, school, hospital or public park. When stratifying by different fuel type, we found that only solid waste had an association with term LBW, whereas oil, gas, and solid waste all had an association with PTD and VPTD. When stratified by type of plants in order to compare birth outcomes among women who lived close to or farther from different types of power plants, our data showed that solid waste plants had associations with all adverse birth outcomes. S Forsberg Romieu et al. T In New York, power-sector emissions Out of all the different risks investigated thus far, an increase in natural gas price from $6/GJ to $9/GJ causes the biggest increase in the average electricity price required. Moshammer RE: How far away should you live from a power plant? From a coal-fired power plant I would want to be at least ten miles upwind and nowhere near th In addition, nitric oxides have also been linked to term LBW and PTD (30, 31). Graham RJ JD According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, power plants release toxic chemicals into the air including mercury, heavy metals, and acid gases, all of which are known to be deleterious to human health, especially that of the unborn fetus (15). Gas blows are routine practice within the industry. M et al. However, women may have moved during pregnancy, leading to potential exposure misclassification. Ghosh Like most retrospective studies, this study has several limitations. We will Director of Energy Research & Analysis, Guillermo Pereira Neuberger et al. M Overall, the percentages of people living closer to power plants were higher among those with adverse birth outcomes compared with those among controls. The first trimester was defined as the first 13 weeks of gestation. The pamphlet I got in the mail the other day shows drawings that include three gas turbines, three step up transformers, gas compressor building and three stack towers coming off the turbines. et al. Lesson plans, science fair experiments, field trips, teacher guide, and career corner. J In general, the concentrations of PM2.5 were highest around coal plants followed by solid waste, gas, oil, other, and nuclear plants (Figure2A). HS Underground Natural Gas Storage by Storage Type, The Basics of Underground Natural Gas Storage, Natural Gas Processing: The Crucial Link Between Natural Gas Production and Its Transportation to Market. As close as you want, just not very close to the plant. The power company owns that land, they dont want people there for security reasons. In addition to the data presented in these maps and graphs, a Delfino The map displays all fossil fuel-fired power plants that supply electricity to the grid. Bremner Energy use in homes, commercial buildings, manufacturing, and transportation. Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions, Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions at the State Level, through 2018, Monthly Crude Oil and Natural Gas Production, Annual Solar Photovoltaic Module Shipments Report, Midwest and Rocky Mountain Transportation Fuels Markets, East Coast and Gulf Coast Transportation Fuels Markets. We also categorized the proximity to power plants into several categories of buffers: <5, 59.9, 1019.9, and 20 km. Lanki Manzanares This post was originally published on Smartplanet.com. Low-income populations generally have been found to have a higher prevalence of pre-existing diseases, limited access to medical treatment, and increased nutritional deficiencies, which can increase this populations susceptibility to pollution-related effects. Living next to natural gas wells is no fun From health threats to truck traffic, from rank odors to sinking property values, Coloradans explain what it's like to live near The study also found that women living near 1 or more power plants located within a 20 km radius from their residence had higher odds of adverse birth outcomes. In general, PM2.5 concentrations tend to cluster around areas with more power plants (Figure1). This work was supported by grant K01ES019177 from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (X.X.) Because pollution can travel over long distances from a power plant, the impacts of both potential increases and decreases in power plant emissions can be felt many miles away, meaning that the air quality in a community can be due to far-distant sources A recent study by the Union of Concerned Scientists found that natural gas power plants in California will start and stop much more frequently in the future, and this increase in natural gas plant start-ups may increase NOx emissions. Brook et al. Hu The color of the marker indicates fuel type and the marker size represents projected retired nameplate capacity (MW). Two logistic regression models were used for each outcome: The first model was unadjusted, and the second model was a parsimonious model adjusted for potential confounders on the basis of our directed acyclic graph (Supplementary Data). M Williams WebDifferent countries have a different regulation regarding the measurements of where to reside from the station. Rabczenko Sign up for email subcriptions to receive messages about specific EIA products. Many fossil fuel-fired power plants (especially coal-fired power plants) have announced plans to retire, based on data collected by the Energy Information Administration (EIA). In categorical exposure analyses, no association was found. I once had a friend asked which of two properties they should buy due to one being near high voltage lines. My answer was simple, I would buy the o Do not touch the fence because it might be electrified, and the guards might mistake you for an anti-nuclear activist trying to break in. Apart fr et al. In addition, women who were closest to coal plants were exposed to the highest levels of PM2.5 (mean = 10.7 (standard deviation (SD), 2.7) g/m3) during the first trimester, followed by those living close to solid waste plants (mean = 10.1 (SD, 1.8) g/m3), gas plants (mean = 9.5 (SD, 2.1) g/m3), and oil plants (mean = 9.3 (SD, 1.8) g/m3). Text "SCIENCE" to 67369 or sign up online. For example, among those with term LBW, the percentage of those who lived within 5 km of any power plant (16.1%) was higher than that of controls (14.9%). Given that PM2.5 is a measurable air pollutant and a major component of power plant emissions (21), as well as its consistent associations with adverse birth outcomes (22, 23), PM2.5 can serve as a good indicator for air pollution from power plants. CC This practice, although There are a lot of factors that you need to consider. Different countries have a different regulation regarding the measurements of where to reside Infrared video showing natural gas air pollution emissions at an Energy Corporation of America compressor station in Greene County, Pa., which is located about We further identified that solid waste plants had the strongest association with term LBW, while oil, gas, and solid waste plants all had strong associations with PTD and VPTD. Gouveia The lack of a positive association could be explained by the fact that, compared with other types of plants, nuclear plants do not emit as many atmospheric pollutants in high concentrations (e.g., PM2.5, sulfur dioxide, and nitric oxides) (35). If you would like to learn more about these key demographicsor further explore relationships between power plants and environmental justice, investigate EPA's EJSCREEN. In addition, our observation that pregnant women who had a lower level of education, were racial minorities and unmarried, had no prenatal care, used tobacco, and smoked during pregnancy were more likely to be in the adverse birth outcome groups is also consistent with the literature (3840). The Author 2015. Does EIA have maps or information on the location of natural gas and oil pipelines? 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Soriano 3rd Tsai significantly reduced many of these pollutants over the past two decades, Mapping Power Plants and Neighboring Communities, GraphingPower Plants and Neighboring Communities, EJ Screening Reportfor the Clean Power Plan, Frequent Questions about Power Plants and Neighboring Communities, Power Plants and Neighboring Communities Webinar. This association remained consistent in our analyses for total number of power plants within a 20 km radius and stratified analyses for different types of power plants. M M J In addition, when exposure was changed to number of plants within 20 km, coal plants had the highest association with all adverse birth outcomes. We chose first trimester because 1) first trimester exposure to PM2.5 has a strong association with adverse birth outcomes (26), and 2) it ensures that the time over which PM2.5 is averaged is similar for cases and controls. We use cookies to improve your experience. et al. Delivering natural gas from natural gas and oil wells to consumers requires many infrastructure assets and processing steps and several physical transfers of custody. Given that power plants are major sources of particulate matter, the present results are consistent with those of our recent study, which found that prenatal PM2.5 exposure was positively associated with LBW, PTD, and VPTD (23). P et al. et al. et al. When the results for both analyses were compared, the conclusions were consistent, although those for categorical exposure are stronger. Furthermore, among the case groups, the percentages of women who had lower education, were black, lived in neighborhoods with lower income, were unmarried, had no prenatal care, smoked, or drank alcohol during pregnancy were higher compared with those in the control group (Table1). The national average for each demographic is shown in parentheses. RD Finally, the Hierarchical Bayesian Prediction Model data that we used to describe PM2.5 exposures were available at only 12 12 km resolution. Oudin JK Su . Rajagopalan The fact of the matter is that natural gas power plants still produce a significant amount of air pollution, and thats a problem. M Because pollution can travel over long distances from a power plant, the impacts of both potential increases and decreases in power plant emissions can be felt many miles away, meaning that the air quality in a community can be due to far-distant sources as well as those sited within a community. J Quadrant A shows power plants located in or near communities with a low-income percentage greater than the national average and less than the people of color national average. A) Daily concentrations of PM2.5 during the study period 20032005 at power plants; B) mean daily PM2.5 concentration at residential address during the first trimester for births in Florida from 2004 to 2005. 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