Mitigating Ecotoxicity Risks of Pesticides on Ornamental Plants Based on Life Cycle Assessment [PDF]
Toxics, 2023 Ornamental plants such as floriculture and nurseries, have become increasingly popular, but their growth relies heavily on the use of many different types of pesticides.
Xinhan Yin, Lei Feng, Yi Gong
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Environmental ranking of European industrial facilities by toxicity and global warming potentials [PDF]
Scientific Reports, 2023 We present a methodology to develop the integrated toxicity and climate change risk assessment of Europe based facilities, industries and regions. There is an increasingly important need for large scale sustainability measurement solutions for company ...
Szilárd Erhart, Kornél Erhart
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A life cycle risk assessment of nanopesticides in freshwater [PDF]
Environmental Science and EcotechnologyConventional ecological risk assessments prioritize downstream anthropogenic impacts, overlooking risks arising from upstream processes involving highly hazardous substances and indirect emissions.
Mingyan Ke +4 more
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Ecotoxicity of Plastics from Informal Waste Electric and Electronic Treatment and Recycling [PDF]
Toxics, 2020 Plastic materials account for about 20% of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). The recycling of this plastic fraction is a complex issue, heavily conditioned by the content of harmful additives, such as brominated flame retardants.
Maria Angela Butturi +3 more
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On the combination of USEtox® and SimpleBox 4 Nano models for the derivatization of size-dependent characterization factors for engineered nanomaterials [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2022 Even if it has been claimed that Life Cycle Assessment is an essential tool to analyze, evaluate, understand and manage the environmental and health impacts of nanotechnology, few studies incorporate characterization factors (CFs) for human toxicity and ...
Blázquez María +6 more
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Assessment of airborne emissions during the use of a Cadmium Telluride Quantum Dots incorporating ink and a proposal to calculate their human health and freshwater effect factors [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2022 Quantum dots (QDs) confer a wide range of optical properties to pigments/inks. With new products and applications entering the market, the airborne emissions of QDs-incorporating inks during usage stage at consumer scale (e.g.
Blázquez María +6 more
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Estimation and Modeling of Biogas Production in Municipal Landfill [PDF]
Journal of Renewable Energy and Environment, 2018 The municipal solid waste in Landfill is transformed into landfill gas during a biochemical conversion process called bio-degradation. Gas release from landfills has potentially different environmental effects; therefore, assessing and forecasting the ...
Alireza Rastikerdar
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Agronomy Science, 2023 Celami badań były ocena i porównanie potencjalnych skutków stosowania środków ochrony roślin w pszenicy ozimej w różnych systemach uprawy roli na podstawie emisyjności tych środków do środowiska oraz ich toksyczności.
Małgorzata Holka +2 more
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Environment International, 2020 In life cycle assessment, characterization factors are used to convert the amount of the chemicals and other pollutants generated in a product’s life cycle to the standard unit of an impact category, such as ecotoxicity.
Ping Hou +3 more
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Preschool children health impacts from indoor exposure to PM2.5 and metals
Environment International, 2022 To better understand the relation between children health and indoor air quality, we measured the concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and 11 metals (arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, iron, manganese, nickel, lead, antimony, selenium, and ...
Anna Mainka, Peter Fantke
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