Table 1 Impact categories and LCIA methods
From: The environmental impact of community caries prevention - part 1: fluoride varnish application
Impact category (abbreviation) | LCIA method (units) | Description |
|---|---|---|
Climate change (CC) | IPCC 2013 GWP 100a (kg CO2 eq) | Potential for global warming from greenhouse gas emissions |
Ecosystem quality: freshwater and terrestrial acidification (EAC) | ILCD 2011 Midpoint+ (Mol H+ eq) | Acidification of soils and freshwater due to gas release |
Ecosystem quality: ecotoxicity freshwater (ECF) | ILCD 2011 Midpoint+ (CTUe) | Harmful effects of toxic substances on freshwater organisms |
Ecosystem quality: eutrophication freshwater (EUF) | ILCD 2011 Midpoint+ (kg P eq) | Changes in freshwater organisms and ecosystems caused by excess nutrients |
Ecosystem quality: eutrophication marine (EUM) | ILCD 2011 Midpoint + (kg N eq) | Changes in marine organisms and ecosystems caused by excess nutrients |
Ecosystem quality: eutrophication terrestrial (EUT) | ILCD 2011 Midpoint + (Molc N eq) | Changes in land organisms from excess nutrients in soil and air |
Human health: cancer effects (HCE) | ILCD 2011 Midpoint+ (CTUh) | Harm to human health that causes or increases cancer risk |
Human health: ionizing radiation (HIR) | ILCD 2011 Midpoint + (kBq U-235 eq) | Potential damage to human DNA from ionizing radiation |
Human Health: non-cancer effects (HNC) | ILCD 2011 Midpoint+ (CTUh) | Harm to human health that is not related to cancer or ionising radiation |
Human health: respiratory inorganics (HRI) | PM method (Disease inc) | Harm to human health caused by particulate matter emissions (respiratory disease) |
Human health: photochemical ozone formation (HOF) | ILCD 2011 Midpoint + (kg NMVOC eq) | Harm to human health from gas emissions that contribute to smog in the lower atmosphere |
Resource use: land use (RLU) | Soil quality index based on LANCA (Pt) | Depletion of natural resources, change in soil quality, and reduction in biodiversity |
Human health: ozone depletion (HOD) | ILCD 2011 Midpoint+ (kg CFC11 eq) | Air emissions causing stratospheric ozone layer destruction |
Resource use: fossils (RFF) | CML-IA baseline (MJ) | Depletion of natural fossil fuels |
Resource use: minerals and metals (RMM) | CML-IA baseline (kg Sb eq) | Depletion of natural non-fossil fuel resources |
Resource use: dissipated water (RDW) | AWARE (m3 depriv) | Potential for water deprivation to humans and ecosystems globally |
