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INTRODUCTION
Citation:
HERTWICH, E. G., D. W. PENNINGTON, AND J. C. BARE. INTRODUCTION. Chapter 1, Udo de Haes, H. A., et al (ed.), Life Cycle Impact Assessment: Striving Towards Best Available Practice. Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry, Pensacola, FL, , 1-10, (2002).
Description:
This chapter introduces the book, "Life Cycle Impact Assessment: Striving Towards Best Available Practice" which is a summary of the contributions of the second SETAC-Europe Working Group on Life Cycle Impact Assessment (WIA-2) to the development and recognition of best available practice in impact assessment. This effort builds upon the first SETAC-Europe working group and its document, "Towards a Methodology for Life Cycle Impact Assessment" and the SETAC-NA working group, which composed "Life Cycle Impact Assessment: the State of the ART"