Addressing the use and end-of-life phase of pharmaceutical products in life cycle assessment

Autor: Annekatrin Lehmann, Yasmine Emara, Matthias Finkbeiner, Marc-William Siegert

Publikováno v: The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 25:1436-1454

Pharmaceutical residues in the environment can pose significant risks to ecosystems and human beings due to adverse pharma-specific effects. Existing life cycle assessment (LCA) studies do not usually consider the use and end-of-life (EoL) phase of p

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-019-01722-7

Harmonized rules for future LCAs on pharmaceutical products and processes

Autor: Annekatrin Lehmann, Yasmine Emara, Matthias Finkbeiner, Marc-William Siegert

Publikováno v: The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 24:1040-1057

The manufacturing of pharmaceuticals and their occurrence in the environment generated growing concerns of stakeholders. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a suitable tool to identify potential environmental impacts within the whole pharmaceutical value

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https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-018-1549-2

Calculation of Fair wage potentials along products' life cycle – Introduction of a new midpoint impact category for social life cycle assessment

Autor: Christine Hellerström, Matthias Finkbeiner, Sabrina Neugebauer, Yasmine Emara

Publikováno v: Journal of Cleaner Production. 143:1221-1232

Income and wages are among the determinant factors for the living standards and well-being of workers and thus carry a certain degree of relevance for social life cycle assessment (SLCA). Although, fair wages have often been mentioned as a quantitati

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.11.172

Integrating endocrine-related health effects into comparative human toxicity characterization

Autor: Xiaoqing Chang, Marc-William Siegert, Matthias Finkbeiner, Prachi Pradeep, Peter Fantke, Yasmine Emara, Richard S. Judson, Annekatrin Lehmann

Publikováno v: Emara, Y, Fantke, P, Judson, R, Chang, X, Pradeep, P, Lehmann, A, Siegert, M-W & Finkbeiner, M 2021, ' Integrating endocrine-related health effects into comparative human toxicity characterization ', Science of the Total Environment, vol. 762, 143874 . https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143874

Endocrine-disrupting chemicals have the ability to interfere with and alter functions of the hormone system, leading to adverse effects on reproduction, growth and development. Despite growing concerns over their now ubiquitous presence in the enviro

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.143874

Life Cycle Management in the Pharmaceutical Industry Using an Applicable and Robust LCA-Based Environmental Sustainability Assessment Approach

Autor: Yasmine Emara, Matthias Finkbeiner, Marc-William Siegert, Annekatrin Lehmann

Publikováno v: Designing Sustainable Technologies, Products and Policies ISBN: 9783319669809

Despite growing concerns over the environmental impacts of pharmaceuticals, the use of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) within the pharma-sector remains quite fragmentary. The aim of this paper is to present gaps and challenges, impeding a full adoption o

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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66981-6_9