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2. Aims and objectives
By focusing on the impact on ecosystems, MUSA aims at building up an efficient decision support tool
integrating Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for contaminated soils management.
- Identifying and describing the similarities and discrepancies between Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
and Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA);
- Calculating uncertainty results associated for impact assessment on Ecosystems as a change in
biodiversity for LCA and ERA
- Addressing the issue of speciation and bioavailability of metals in LCA and ERA
- Providing an approach integrating LCA and ERA for assessing impact of contaminated soils
on ecosystems
- Applying the proposed methodology to the "Ronde Venen" Case Study.
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3. Research activities
- Dr Jerome Payet is in charge of the integration of LCA and EcoRA in one tool and building the link with
the damage assessment on biodiversity for aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.
- Dr Kees van Gestel is in charge of building up the framework for the assessment of bioavailability and
ageing of metals for impact assessment for contaminated site management
- Helene N. Beauchamp is addressing the issue of impact assessment of metals in soils for cations and
oxyanions and the quantification of the associated uncertainty
- Francesca Gambazzi is in charge to the application of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to the Ronde Venen
Case Study, and will also address the uncertainty assessment within LCA
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4. Perspectives
Beyond the project and its case study, MUSA will provide a guideline enabling the use of LCA and ERA at
the same time for assessing impacts of organic or inorganic contaminants at different assessment scale
in contaminated site management.
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5. Research strategy
- Integrating Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Environmental Risk Assessment (ERA) in one tool.
Although this tool addresses typically different time and spatial scales and is based on different concepts.
- Providing a framework and a guideline for Contaminated sites management.
- Providing a coherent assessment for cations, oxyanions especially addressing the issue of
speciation and bioavailability.
- Addressing biodiversity endpoint, especially giving a better understanding of the interface
between eco-toxicology and ecology in a multiple stressor assessment.
To address these points, the actions below will be done in the project following the strategy here described:
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6. Results
The project just past its midterm. The midterm report is under evaluation by the SNOWMAN Call Steering Committee.
As soon as it is approved, first results will be implemented into this page.
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