Chapter 2 - Human health effects

This study considers effects to both human health and the environment. This Chapter focuses on the valuation of human health effects potentially caused by CO₂ and H₂S, arising from accident events at a CCS project in Jewett, TX. The objective of this analysis is to forecast the amount of money damages that a Texas jury would award members of the public (e.g., nearby residents) harmed by a release from the Jewett operation. This Chapter begins by providing an overview of the effects of CO₂ and H₂S and a discussion of applicable effects thresholds. It then discusses the sources relied upon to develop estimates of health effect values, including (1) medical costs; (2) productivity losses; and (3) non-economic losses. These health effect values underpin the calculations of damages per event in Chapters 4 through 6.