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Table 4 Life cycle analysis results

From: Environmental sustainability in endodontics. A life cycle assessment (LCA) of a root canal treatment procedure

Impact Description

Unit

Impact Quantity

Resource use, energy carriers

MJ

236.5688

Resource use, minerals and metals

kg Sb eq

1.78E−05

Acidification

molc H+ eq

0.07761

Freshwater ecotoxicity

CTUe

7.9846

Freshwater eutrophication

kg P eq

0.00174

Human toxicity, cancer effects

CTUh

1.95E-07

Human toxicity, non-cancer effects

CTUh

1.07E-06

Ionizing radiation HH

kBq U235 eq

13.39523

Climate Change

kg CO2 eq

4.90766

Marine eutrophication

kg N eq

0.0083

Ozone depletion

kg CFC-11 eq

1.10E-06

Photochemical ozone formation

kg NMVOC eq

0.12424

Terrestrial eutrophication

molc N eq

0.0554

Land use

Pt

270.9849

Respiratory inorganics

disease inc.

2.87E-07

Water scarcity

m3 depriv.

4.64765