Comparison between three different LCIA methods for aquatic ecotoxicity and a product environmental risk assessment: Insights from a detergent case study within OMNIITOX

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 295-306

  Pant, Rana ^a   Van Hoof, Gert ^a   Schowanek, Diederik ^a   Feijtel, Tom C J ^a   De Koning, Arjan ^b   Hauschild, Michael ^c   Pennington, David W ^d   Olsen, Stig I ^c   Rosenbaum, Ralph ^d  

^a PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Aquatic ecotoxicity; Case studies; Detergents; Ecotoxicity; LCIA; OMNIITOX; Surfactants; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

DETERGENT; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAUNDRY; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; METHODOLOGY; OMNIITOX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 4944222775     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1065/lca2004.08.165     Document Type: Article

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