Analysis and Risks of Emerging Contaminants and Microplastics in Natural and Treated Waters and Human Health: A Critical Review. [PDF]
J XenobiotMallek M, Barceló D.
europepmc +1 more source
Framework for Function-Based Pesticide Substitution. [PDF]
Environ Sci TechnolMankong P +5 more
europepmc +1 more source
The USEtox story: a survey of model developer visions and user requirements [PDF]
International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2014 Purpose USEtox is a scientific consensus model for assessing human toxicological and ecotoxicological impacts that is widely used in life cycle assessment (LCA) and other comparative assessments. However, how user requirements are met has never been investigated.
Michael Søgaard Jørgensen +2 more
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The Innovation of the characterisation factor estimation for LCA in the USETOX model [PDF]
Journal of Cleaner Production, 2020 Different Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) methods in the impact assessment may lead to disparate results. Those disagreements in LCIA results are mainly linked to differences in the characterization model on a spatial scale. Most models only provide information about large geographical areas, ignoring ecological aspects of regions that can vary in ...
Vishnu Rajput +2 more
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Improving substance information in USEtox®, part 2: Data for estimating fate and ecosystem exposure factors [PDF]
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2017 Abstract The scientific consensus model USEtox® has been developed since 2003 under the auspices of the United Nations Environment Programme–Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Life Cycle Initiative as a harmonized approach for characterizing human and freshwater toxicity in life cycle
Peter Fantke +2 more
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Spatial analysis of toxic emissions in LCA: A sub-continental nested USEtox model with freshwater archetypes [PDF]
Environment International, 2014 This paper develops continent-specific factors for the USEtox model and analyses the accuracy of different model architectures, spatial scales and archetypes in evaluating toxic impacts, with a focus on freshwater pathways. Inter-continental variation is analysed by comparing chemical fate and intake fractions between sub-continental zones of two life ...
Olivier Jolliet +2 more
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A regional approach for the calculation of characteristic toxicity factors using the USEtox model [PDF]
Science of the Total Environment, 2019 The lack of the spatial coverage as one of the main limitations of the Life-cycle impact assessment (LCIA) models leads to disagreement between their results. The USEtox model is only model that provides 8 continental and 17 subcontinental zones but does not consider the wind and water transfers affected areas around the source of pollution.
Bertrand Laratte, Nicolas Perry
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Updated indicators of Swedish national human toxicity and ecotoxicity footprints using USEtox 2.01 [PDF]
Environmental Impact Assessment Review, 2017 In a recent paper, Sorme et al. (Environ. Impact Assess. Rev., 56, 2016), took a first step towards an indicator of a national chemical footprint, and applied it to Sweden. Using USEtox 1.01, they calculated national impact potentials for human toxicity and ecotoxicity.
Sverker Molander +2 more
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Improving substance information in USEtox®, part 1: Discussion on data and approaches for estimating freshwater ecotoxicity effect factors [PDF]
Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, 2017 Abstract The scientific consensus model USEtox® is recommended by the European Commission as the reference model to characterize life cycle chemical emissions in terms of their potential human toxicity and freshwater aquatic ecotoxicity impacts in the context of the International Reference Life ...
Peter Fantke +2 more
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USEtox characterisation factors for textile chemicals based on a transparent data source selection strategy [PDF]
International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2017 Life cycle assessments (LCAs) of textile products which do not include the use and emission of textile chemicals, such as dyes, softeners and water-repellent agents, will give non-comprehensive results for the toxicity impact potential. The purpose of this paper is twofold: (1) to provide a set of characterisation factors (CFs) for some of the most ...
Hanna Holmquist +2 more
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