NDLI: Current issues in the characterisation of toxicological impacts

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Pennington, David W.
Copyright Year	2001
Abstract	Fate, exposure and effect measures provide a basis for the calculation of characterisation factors in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). Such characterisation factors provide insights into the relative concern of chemical emissions within and across life cycle inventories, in the context of toxicological stress to humans and to ecosystems. A brief overview is presented in this paper of the available options for toxicological characterisation and of associated issues that will need to be addressed in future consensus-building initiatives. An introduction is provided to issues such as: (1) the benefit of measures calculated at midpoints versus at endpoints in the toxicological cause-effect chains (sometimes termed environmental mechanisms); (2) the need to use multimedia models with spatial resolution; (3) the political consequences of accounting for variations in population density; (4) uncertainties in the toxicological potency measures; and (5) the different options for the toxicological endpoint measure(s). These issues are addressed under the headings of Fate and Exposure, Human Health and (aquatic) Ecosystem Health.
Starting Page	89
Ending Page	95
Page Count	7
File Format	PDF
ISSN	09483349
Journal	The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
Volume Number	6
Issue Number	2
e-ISSN	16147502
Language	English
Publisher	Ecomed
Publisher Date	2001-01-01
Publisher Place	Landsberg
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Characterization factors ecotoxicological ecosystems human health InLCA LCIA Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) toxicological impacts Environment Environmental Economics
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Environmental Science

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