Abstract:Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) can be used as a method to assess environmental impact of pathogen contamination in several stages. This paper attempts to determine the characterization factor (CF) for microbial contamination from livestock emission in surface water on a global scale. CF was defined as the change in Disability Adjusted Life Years (dDALY in yr) due to a marginal change in emission of a pathogen (dOocyst/day). This CF consists of intake fraction, effect factor and damage factor. The average … Show more
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