Using the human
capital approach, Margulis [5] estimated air pollution
related health costs in Mexico City in excess
of US$ 1.10 billion/year - US$840 million from
particulate pollution (mortality and morbidity);
US$ 100 million from ozone (morbidity); and US$
130 million from airborne lead (compensatory
education due to loss of IQ points in children,
treatment of children with excess lead in the
blood, hypertension in adults and myocardial infarctions).
Romieu et al. [4] have estimated the
annual health impacts of