Updated indicators of Swedish national human toxicity and ecotoxicity footprints using USEtox 2.01
Journal article, 2017
In a recent paper, Sörme 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. The results showed that zinc dominated impacts, both for human toxicity and ecotoxicity. We calculated updated indicators of the Swedish national human toxicity and ecotoxicity footprint using USEtox 2.01. We also compared impact potentials based on USEtox with the mass of chemical emissions. The two model versions produced relatively consistent results. Zinc is still a major contributor to the human toxicity and ecotoxicity impact potentials when characterized with USEtox 2.01. The mass-based indicator pinpoints somewhat different substances than the impact-based indicators.
Human toxicity
Ecotoxicity
Chemical footprint
Zinc
E-PRTR
USEtox
Author
Maria Nordborg
Chalmers, Energy and Environment, Physical Resource Theory
Rickard Arvidsson
Chalmers, Energy and Environment, Environmental Systems Analysis
Göran Finnveden
The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
Christel Cederberg
Chalmers, Energy and Environment, Physical Resource Theory
Louise Sörme
Statistics Sweden
Viveka Palm
Statistics Sweden
The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
Kristin Stamyr
The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH)
Sverker Molander
Chalmers, Energy and Environment, Environmental Systems Analysis
Environmental Impact Assessment Review
0195-9255 (ISSN)
Vol. 62 110-114Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Environmental Sciences
DOI
10.1016/j.eiar.2016.08.004