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ESPREME Estimation of willingness-to-pay to
reduce risks of exposure to heavy metals and
cost-benefit analysis for reducing heavy metals
occurrence in Europe

• STREP, funded by DG Research under
  FP6-2002-SSP-1 Policy Oriented Research
• started 01/2004
• duration 36 months

Website http//espreme.ier.uni-stuttgart.de cont
act Stefan.Reis_at_ier.uni-stuttgart.de
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The ESPREME Team
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Approach

• The approach consists of the following steps
• Consolidate, improve and provide European wide
  emission data of heavy metals(Hg, Cd, Pb, Ni, As
  and Cr)
• Collect systematic data on the possibilities to
  reduce emissions.
• Improve models for the transport of HM in the
  atmosphere, soil and water and apply them to
  simulate the transport of HM in these media
  modeling results will be evaluated vs.
  measurement data.
• Collect data on thresholds and information on
  exposureresponse relationships.
• Estimate the willingness-to-pay to avoid damage
  from HM exposure by transferringvalues from
  available contingent valuation studies.
• Set up an integrated assessment model (IAM).
• Carry out runs of the IAM to identify cost
  effectiveness strategies, i.e. bundles
  ofmeasures that achieve compliance with
  thresholds and cost-benefit analyses toidentify
  bundles of measures, where the difference between
  benefits and costs is maximised.
• Conduct a feasibility study to identify
  approaches and further research needs for
  macro-economic assessment of HM abatement
  strategies.

• Objectives of work package 2
• Establish a detailed European emission inventory
  for the priority metals (mercury, cadmium,
  chrome, nickel, arsenic and lead), relevant stock
  and activities for the base year 2000 and a
  scenario for 2010
• Identify main sources / sectors for the
  evaluation of potential abatement options (WP03)
  and compile a measure database containing
  information on performance, costs and
  applicability of abatement options (technical and
  non-technical)
• Provide emissions per substance that are
  temporally and spatially resolved for atmospheric
  (WP04) and water/soil modelling (WP05) purposes?
  to be available on the project website in a
  couple of weeks, inviting experts to check,
  review and comment

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HM Emissions(WP02)
Abatement measures Stock/Activity data(WP03)
SR-Relationships Basemaps, ...
EMEPMSC-E HM-Model(WP04)
direct releasesinto water/soil
Exposure-ResponseFunctions(WP06)
HM via air (by landcover)
IERWater/Soil Model(WP05)
W HMOptimisation Model(WP07)
SR-Relationships Basemaps, ...
costs benefits (by country, sector, ...)
HM abatement strategies for Europe policy
deployment (WP09)
Feasibility Study(WP08)
Model Framework