Lee Geonwoo, Lee Yongjin, Lee Hanseul, Hong Jiyeon, Yang Jiyeon
Institute for Environmental Research, Yonsei University Health System, Seoul, Korea.
Enterprise Risk Service Deloitte Anjin LLC, Seoul, Korea ; Department of Environmental Engineering, Yonsei University, Wonju, Korea.
Environ Health Toxicol. 2015 Jun 12;30 Suppl:s2015005. doi: 10.5620/eht.s2015005. eCollection 2015.
To protect public health from risk, the Minister of Environment in Korea legislated an act concerning the registration and evaluation of chemical substances. In this study, we estimated the value of a statistical life (VSL) of carcinogenic chemicals to evaluate the socioeconomic analysis in Korea.
The estimation of the health benefit can be calculated through an individual's VSL and willingness to pay (WTP). To estimate the VSL and WTP, we used a contingent valuation method through a web-based survey.
The survey is conducted with 1434 people living in Seoul and six large cities. An analysis of the survey is essential to review the distribution of the characteristics of the target population. The statistically significant variables affecting the WTP are location, age, household income, quality of life. Through the review of data, we secured statistical validity. The WTP was estimated as 41205 Korean won (KRW)/person, and the estimated VSL appeared as 796 million KRW/person.
There is a case in which the amount of statistical life value is estimated in connection with domestic environmental policy, fine dust, etc. However, there are no cases of evaluation for chemical. The utilization of this result is possible for conducting other study with chemicals.
为保护公众健康免受风险，韩国环境部长制定了一项关于化学物质注册和评估的法案。在本研究中，我们估算了致癌化学物质的统计生命价值（VSL），以评估韩国的社会经济分析。
健康效益的估算可通过个人的统计生命价值和支付意愿（WTP）来计算。为估算统计生命价值和支付意愿，我们通过基于网络的调查采用了条件价值法。
对居住在首尔和六个大城市的1434人进行了调查。对调查进行分析对于审视目标人群特征的分布至关重要。影响支付意愿的具有统计学意义的变量包括地点、年龄、家庭收入、生活质量。通过对数据的审查，我们确保了统计有效性。支付意愿估计为每人41205韩元（KRW），估计的统计生命价值为每人7.96亿韩元。
存在与国内环境政策、细颗粒物等相关估算统计生命价值量的情况。然而，尚无对化学物质进行评估的案例。该结果可用于开展其他有关化学物质的研究。
