| Autor: |
Erwan Saouter, An De Schryver, Rana Pant, Serenella Sala |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2018 |
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| Zdroj: |
Environment International, Vol 118, Iss , Pp 44-47 (2018) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
0160-4120 |
| DOI: |
10.1016/j.envint.2018.05.022 |
| Popis: |
The EU Commission Ecolabel and the Product and Environmental Footprint (PEF) aim at promoting the development and consumption of greener products. The product aquatic toxicity score from these 2 methods may lead in some circumstances to opposite conclusions. Although this could be interpreted as an inconsistency, the score should not be compared to each other but used in a complementary way. In short, CDV provided a “full” product formula aquatic toxicity score, even if some chemicals may never reach or persist in freshwater ecosystems. The USEtox® score, by integrating fate and exposure, focuses on the potential toxicity of persistent-water-soluble chemicals at steady state. Since no risk or safety assessment can be conducted with USEtox® nor with the CDV, both are a hazard-based scoring system. This short communication clarifies the difference between approaches underpinning the toxicity scores used in Ecolabel and PEF, providing guidance on how to interpret the results. Keywords: EU Ecolabel, PEF, CDV, USEtox® |
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