Welcome to Life Cycle Talks! A series of talks presenting the research front to keep you up to date with the science and application of the life cycle perspective. Our next guest is Hanna Holmquist, toxicologist at ChemSec, Hanna will talk about how chemical footprints can generate important insights about life cycle ecotoxicity and human toxicity potential impacts.

Presenter

Hanna Holmquist is a toxicologist at ChemSec, an NGO driving the change to safer chemicals. Hanna holds a PhD in Environmental Systems Analysis from Chalmers and has many years of experience from chemical risk assessment and life cycle assessment (LCA), and not the least, the various combination of the two. Her research has focused on adding relevance to chemical substitution assessment by including life cycle thinking also in the ecotoxicity and human toxicity assessment. Application areas have often included textile and the substitution of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). In recent years the Safe and Sustainable by Design (SSbD) concept has provided a relevant framework for case studies and further methods development.

More about Chemical Footprints

Project 1: Mistra SafeChem

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Project 2: Formas Tox-redUSE

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Publications

Title: Chemical substitution with a life cycle perspective: The case of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in durable water repellents, Doctoral thesis, 2020
Authors: Hanna Holmquist

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Title: Tools and drivers for chemical footprints: A mapping study of available tools and current policy drivers
Authors: Andersson, Pernilla; Celebi, Merve; Holmquist, Hanna; Ryding, Sven-Olof; Telaretti Leggieri, Rosella; Peters, Gregory

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