AUTHOR=Jiang Xue , Zhong Shengyang , Munir Farzana , Cai Fenglin 

TITLE=RETRACTED: PM2.5, Household Income, and Health Hazard: The Role of Economic Integration in the Process of Decarbonization in the Developing Economies

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Environmental Science

VOLUME=Volume 10 - 2022

YEAR=2022

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/environmental-science/articles/10.3389/fenvs.2022.919413

DOI=10.3389/fenvs.2022.919413

ISSN=2296-665X

ABSTRACT=The goal of this study is to examine the impact of household income and environmental pollution on the health of developing-country residents. The panel dataset of 20 developing nations used for this purpose. The empirical outcomes generated by using PMG regression (Pooled Mean Group). High levels of PM2.5 in the environment are linked to increased health problems and lower incomes for households in the economies studied. However, the quality of environmental management policies and usage of renewable energy resources have a significant role in controlling the harmful impact of PM2.5 in the atmosphere. It highlights that developing economies could lower the PM2.5 in the atmosphere by strengthening the regional environmental policies and adopting renewable resources. In emerging countries, environmentally friendly strategies and the shift from carbon base to non-carbon-based energy would minimize pollution in the atmosphere and improve the quality of life for inhabitants and other organisms. Improved quality of life and lower levels of PM2.5 pollutions are expected to increase people's per capita income in the region. Finally, the study also pointed out that the environment is a transboundary phenomenon; therefore, strict compliance with environmental protection policies at the regional level is a prerequisite for improved quality of the natural environment and individuals' better health.