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Ecotoxicological effect factors for calculating USEtox ecotoxicity characterization factors

Environmental Sciences Europe
Background This study aims to tackle the lack of freshwater ecotoxicological effect factors (EFs) crucial for determining freshwater ecotoxicity characterization factors (CFs) using the widely accepted scientific consensus USEtox model for ecotoxicity ...
Rahul Aggarwal
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Exposure and Toxicity Characterization of Chemical Emissions and Chemicals in Products: Global Recommendations and Implementation in USEtox. [PDF]

Int J Life Cycle Assess, 2021
Abstract Purpose Reducing chemical pressure on human and environmental health is an integral part of the global sustainability agenda. Guidelines for deriving globally applicable, life cycle–based indicators are required to consistently quantify toxicity impacts from chemical emissions as well as from chemicals in ...
Fantke P, Chiu WA, Aylward L, Judson R, Huang L, Jang S, Gouin T, Rhomberg L, Aurisano N, McKone T, Jolliet O.   +10 more
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Ecotoxicity characterization of chemicals: Global recommendations and implementation in USEtox [PDF]

Chemosphere, 2023
Chemicals emitted to the environment affect ecosystem health from local to global scale, and reducing chemical impacts has become an important element of European and global sustainability efforts. The present work advances ecotoxicity characterization of chemicals in life cycle impact assessment by proposing recommendations resulting from ...
Mikołaj Owsianiak, Michael Z. Hauschild, Leo Posthuma, Erwan Saouter, Martina G. Vijver, Thomas Backhaus, Mélanie Douziech, Tamar Schlekat, Peter Fantke   +8 more
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USEtox® 2.0 Documentation (Version 1.00)

, 2017
This document represents the official Documentation of USEtox, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) / Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) scientific consensus model for characterizing human and ecotoxicological impacts of
Fantke, Peter, Bijster, Marian, Hauschild, Michael Zwicky, Huijbregts, Mark, Jolliet, Olivier, Kounina, Anna, Magaud, Violaine, Margni, Manuele, McKone, Tom E., Rosenbaum, Ralph K., Van De Meent, Dik, Van Zelm, Rosalie   +11 more
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Life Cycle Assessment of viticultural technical management routes (TMRs): comparison between an organic and an integrated management route

OENO One, 2016
Aims: Using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), this study aims to compare the environmental impacts of two different viticultural technical management routes (TMRs); integrated and organic) and to identify the operations that contribute the most to the impacts.
Anthony Rouault, Sandra Beauchet, Christel Renaud-Gentie, Frédérique Jourjon   +3 more
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Improvement of calculations of the total characterization factor in the Usetox Model including a regional approach

, 2019
The USEtox model as one of LCIA models is an instrument to characterize the human toxicity impact. The model measures the intake of metals by population with meat products. The USEtox is the only model including geographical separation and wide database with organic and nonorganic chemicals. However, the USEtox does not provide any regional information,
BELYANOVSKAYA, Alexandra, BARANOVSKAYA, Natalia, PERRY, Nicolas, LARATTE, Bertrand   +3 more
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Normalization references for Europe and North America for application with USEtox™ characterization factors

The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 2011
Purpose In life cycle impact assessment, normalization can be a very effective tool for the life cycle assessment practitioner to interpret results and put them into perspective. The paper presents normalization references for the recently developed USEtox™ model, which aims at calculating globally applicable characterization factors.
Alexis Laurent, Anne Lautier, Ralph K. Rosenbaum, Stig I. Olsen, Michael Z. Hauschild   +4 more
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Human and ecotoxicological impacts assessment from the Mexican oil industry in the Coatzacoalcos region, as revealed by the USEtox™ model [PDF]

Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2014
Human and ecotoxicological impacts were analyzed in the lower basin of the Coatzacoalcos River (Veracruz, State in Mexico). High pollution levels of contaminants from the oil industry have been reported in natural streams and the Coatzacoalcos River and in their sediments.
Morales-Mora, M. A., Rodríguez-Pérez, B., Martínez-Delgadillo, S. A., Rosa-Domínguez, E., Cirilo Nolasco, Nolasco-Hipólito   +4 more
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Assessing human toxicity and ecotoxicity impacts of agricultural pesticide use in Iran based on the USEtox model

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety
The human health and ecotoxicity impacts of agricultural pesticide use in Iran in 2022 were estimated. The impacts of agricultural pesticide use in Iran by pesticide, crop, and province were assessed based on the USEtox model in terms of disability ...
Mohammad Paeezi, Reza Gholamnia, Amin Bagheri, Peter Fantke, Sina Dobaradaran, Farshid Soleimani, Mahdi Gholizadeh, Reza Saeedi   +7 more
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Empirical knowledge to improve terrestrial ecotoxicity characterisation of trace elements with USEtox [PDF]

, 2020
USEtox is the consensus model for toxicity in LCA, yet it does not provide characterisation for terrestrial ecotoxicity. Owsianiak et al. (2013) suggested a new framework able to account for soil physical-chemical properties to characterise terrestrial ecotoxicity for trace elements.
Avadi Tapia, Angel Daniel, Bravin, Matthieu, Lemal, Laure, Chevassus-Rosset, Claire, Montes, Mélanie, Lachowicz, Loïs, Tella, Marie, Monteiro, Alessandra N.T.R.   +7 more
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