Health Outcomes

Health Outcome List:

• Not available

Environmental Agents

List of Environmental Agents:

• Pesticides

Source of Environmental Agents:

• Application of agricultural pesticides

Economic Evaluation / Methods and Source

Type:

• Cost-benefit analysis (CBA)

Cost Measures:

• External costs of pesticide use (low-risk, moderate-risk, and high-risk)

Potential Cost Measures:

• Not available

Benefits Measures:

• Willingness to pay values for reduction in environmental risk incurred by pesticide uses
• values of the changes in environmental risks posed by pesticides

Potential Benefits Measures:

• Not available

Location:

• Ontario, Canada

Models Used:

• Not available

Models References:

• Not available

Methods Used:

• The authors evaluated the value of environmental benefits associated with changes in the levels and types of pesticides applied in Ontario agriculture. They used the physical risk assessment approach (Mullen et al. 1997) with an incorporated contingent valuation survey to determine consumers' willingness to pay (CWP) for reductions in pesticide risk to different components of the environment. Using this approach, the authors — 1) identified changes in pesticide risk to the environment; and 2) examined valuation of changes in environmental risk using previous estimates of respondents willingness to pay (WTP) to reduce risk within each environmental category.

Sources Used:

• Survey data from the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs; additional sources cited in publication

Economic Citation / Fundings

Citation:

• Brethour C and Weersink A. An economic evaluation of the environmental benefits from pesticide reduction. Agricultural Economics. 2001. 25.
• DOI

NIEHS Funding:

• Not available

Other Funding: Not available