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01.04.2015 | LCIA OF IMPACTS ON HUMAN HEALTH AND ECOSYSTEMS

Assessing the variability of the bioavailable fraction of zinc at the global scale using geochemical modeling and soil archetypes

verfasst von: Geneviève Plouffe, Cécile Bulle, Louise Deschênes

Erschienen in: The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment | Ausgabe 4/2015

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Abstract

Purpose

Total metal-based toxicity potentials, like the ones used in life cycle assessment (LCA), can sometimes introduce bias and significantly affect the validity of LCA results since toxicity is associated with the bioavailable metal fraction.

Methods

Here, the bioavailable fraction of zinc (Zn) for world soil types is obtained using the WHAM 6.0 geochemical speciation model. Prior to this, the usability of the WHAM model for soils using only globally available soil properties (soil texture, pH, cation exchange capacity, carbonate, and organic matter content) was validated with experimental soil data and compared to the use of empirical regressions.

Results and discussion

The results confirm that WHAM can predict Zn bioavailable fraction with an uncertainty of less than 2 orders of magnitude—41 % being of the same order of magnitude—for a wide variety of soils relative to field data, yielding estimates that are better than empirical regression results in terms of rank and value. World BFs for Zn span over 6 to 18 orders of magnitude for soluble and true solution Zn, respectively, thus confirming the importance of considering spatial variability. In total, 231 soil archetypes are defined based on the soil properties that influence speciation.

Conclusions

When compared to experimental values, soluble Zn obtained with WHAM seems to constitute a more reliable indicator of the bioavailable fraction of Zn than true solution Zn. Estimates obtained with the WHAM 6.0 model for soluble Zn were closer to field data in terms of value and rank as compared to estimates obtained with empirical regressions. Refining is required to obtain true solution Zn in organic soils. Although not exhaustive, the validation process covers a considerable proportion of world soils, therefore indicating that the method is promising to study Zn bioavailability at the global scale.

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Titel: Assessing the variability of the bioavailable fraction of zinc at the global scale using geochemical modeling and soil archetypes
verfasst von: Geneviève Plouffe
Cécile Bulle
Louise Deschênes
Publikationsdatum: 01.04.2015
Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in: The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment / Ausgabe 4/2015
Print ISSN: 0948-3349
Elektronische ISSN: 1614-7502
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11367-014-0841-z

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