Exploring the planetary boundary for chemical pollution

Diamond, Miriam L.; Wit, Cynthia A. de; Molander, Sverker; Scheringer, Martin; Backhaus, Thomas; Lohmann, Rainer; Arvidsson, Rickard; Bergman, Åke; Hauschild, Michael Zwicky; Holoubek, Ivan; Persson, Linn; Suzuki, Noriyuki; Vighi, Marco; Zetzsch, Cornelius

doi:10.1016/j.envint.2015.02.001

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“…In fact, simply considering the masses of chemical emissions can be very misleading since mass is not an adequate proxy of (eco)toxicity impacts, see e.g., Nordborg et al (2014). It should be noted that mass-based indicators of chemical pollution are indicators of pressure, while impact potentials based on USEtox are indicators of impact, in the Driver-Pressure-State-Impact-Response (DPSIR) framework (see e.g., Diamond et al, 2015).…”

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“…It should however be noted that other indicators of chemical pollution might also be of interest, e.g., the number of commercially available chemicals, or the annual emissions of single, groups of, or all chemicals. For more examples of indicators of chemical drivers, pressures, state and impacts, see Diamond et al (2015).…”

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Updated indicators of Swedish national human toxicity and ecotoxicity footprints using USEtox 2.01

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Environmental Impact Assessment Review

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Available online xxxxIn 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.

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Updated indicators of Swedish national human toxicity and ecotoxicity footprints using USEtox 2.01

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“…Species and ecosystems are exposed to mixtures of chemicals which can act additively, synergistically or antagonistically on species and ecosystems [93]. Persson et al [84], MacLeod et al [94] and Diamond et al [95] highlighted some of the key scientific challenges of establishing a planetary boundary for chemical pollution, including the large number of commercial chemicals, the diversity of associated life cycles, and the complex linkages between emissions, exposure and adverse effects across species, ecosystems, and possibly planetary-scale processes. Simple life cycle based comparative chemical screening tools, such as GreenScreen [96] do not address actual environmental burdens nor the ecotoxicity boundary.…”

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The Challenges of Applying Planetary Boundaries as a Basis for Strategic Decision-Making in Companies with Global Supply Chains

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Abstract:The Planetary Boundaries (PB) framework represents a significant advance in specifying the ecological constraints on human development. However, to enable decision-makers in business and public policy to respect these constraints in strategic planning, the PB framework needs to be developed to generate practical tools. With this objective in mind, we analyse the recent literature and highlight three major scientific and technical challenges in operationalizing the PB approach in decision-making: first, identification of thresholds or boundaries with associated metrics for different geographical scales; second, the need to frame approaches to allocate fair shares in the 'safe operating space' bounded by the PBs across the value chain and; third, the need for international bodies to co-ordinate the implementation of the measures needed to respect the Planetary Boundaries. For the first two of these challenges, we consider how they might be addressed for four PBs: climate change, freshwater use, biosphere integrity and chemical pollution and other novel entities. Four key opportunities are identified: (1) development of a common system of metrics that can be applied consistently at and across different scales; (2) setting 'distance from boundary' measures that can be applied at different scales; (3) development of global, preferably open-source, databases and models; and (4) advancing understanding of the interactions between the different PBs. Addressing the scientific and technical challenges in operationalizing the planetary boundaries needs be complemented with progress in addressing the equity and ethical issues in allocating the safe operating space between companies and sectors.

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“…It is also important to communicate the results of this approach, to cater for the learning process of the stakeholders and end users during the development, and to heighten the acceptability of the final DSS (Salewicz and Nakayama, 2004; Wassen et al, 2011). Finally, it is crucial to design a DSS that can be further developed (Newman et al, 1999), as the subject of CECs is continuously developing (Diamond et al, 2015) and a CEC DSS will quickly become outdated or obsolete. Table 2 summarises the design criteria for the tDSS.…”

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Decision support for water quality management of contaminants of emerging concern

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Exploring the planetary boundary for chemical pollution

Abstract: (323 words)36 Rockström et al. (2009aRockström et al. ( , 2009b have warned that humanity must reduce anthropogenic impacts 37 defined by nine planetary boundaries if "unacceptable global change" is to be avoided.

Cited by 144 publications

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Updated indicators of Swedish national human toxicity and ecotoxicity footprints using USEtox 2.01

Updated indicators of Swedish national human toxicity and ecotoxicity footprints using USEtox 2.01

The Challenges of Applying Planetary Boundaries as a Basis for Strategic Decision-Making in Companies with Global Supply Chains

Decision support for water quality management of contaminants of emerging concern

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