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LCA Eco-Indicators
| Environmental effect |
Weighting factor |
Criterion |
| Greenhouse effect |
2.5 |
0.1°C rise every 10 years, 5% ecosystem degradation |
| Ozone layer depletion |
100 |
Probability of 1 fatality per year per million inhabitants |
| Acidification |
10 |
5% ecosystem degradation |
| Eutrophication |
5 |
Rivers and lakes, degradation of an unknown number of
aquatic ecosystems (5% degradation) |
| Summer smog |
2.5 |
Occurrence of smog periods, health complaints, particularly
amongst asthma patients and the elderly, prevention of agricultural damage |
| Winter smog |
5 |
Occurrence of smog periods, health complaints, particularly
amongst asthma patients and the elderly |
| Pesticides |
25 |
5% ecosystem degradation |
| Airborne heavy metals |
5 |
Lead content in children’s blood, reduced life
expectancy and learning performance in an unknown number of people |
| Waterborne heavy metals |
5 |
Cadmium content in rivers, ultimately also impacts on
people (see airborne) |
| Carcinogenic substances |
10 |
Probability of 1 fatality per year per million people |
Table 1. Weighting factors for environmental effects
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