USEtox鈥攖he UNEP-SETAC toxicity model: recommended characterisation factors for human toxicity and freshwater ecotoxicity in life cycle impact assessment
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- 作者：Ralph K. Rosenbaum ; Till M. Bachmann ; Lois Swirsky Gold ; Mark A. J. Huijbregts ; Olivier Jolliet ; Ronnie Juraske ; Annette Koehler ; Henrik F. Larsen ; Matthew MacLeod and Manuele Margni ; et al.
- 关键词：Characterisation factors ; Characterisation modelling ; Comparative impact assessment ; Comparison ; Consensus model ; Freshwater ecotoxicity ; Harmonisation ; Human exposure ; Human toxicity ; LCIA ; Life cycle impact assessment ; Toxic impact
- 刊名：The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
- 出版时间：November, 2008
- 出版年：2008
- 期刊代码：68_0948-3349
- 类别：ear
- 卷：13
- 期：7
- 页码：532-546
- 数据来源：sp
摘要
Background, aim and scope In 2005, a comprehensive comparison of life cycle impact assessment toxicity characterisation models was initiated by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP)–Society for Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Life Cycle Initiative, directly involving the model developers of CalTOX, IMPACT 2002, USES-LCA, BETR, EDIP, WATSON and EcoSense. In this paper, we describe this model comparison process and its results—in particular the scientific consensus model developed by the model developers. The main objectives of this effort were (1) to identify specific sources of differences between the models’ results and structure, (2) to detect the indispensable model components and (3) to build a scientific consensus model from them, representing recommended practice.