Decision Support System for Safe‐and‐Sustainable‐by‐Design Advanced Materials: Case Study Demonstration
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Abstract In the context of the EU Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability toward a Toxic‐free Environment, and in the aim to facilitate Safe‐and‐Sustainable‐by‐Design (SSbD) development of new materials and products, the EU‐funded project HARMLESS built a Decision Support System (DSS) to support innovators in SSbD assessments of products at early design stages. The HARMLESS DSS is tailored to enable Advanced Materials (AdMa) screening, using a combination of New Approach Methodologies and guided by Integrated Approaches to Testing and Assessment. Three online tools for SSbD screenings are developed and tested on case study materials, namely: Advanced Materials Earliest Assessment; Warning flags, design Advice, Screening Priorities; and Alternative SSbD Inspector. The following case studies are assessed: oxide perovskites for automotive catalysts, imogolites for agricultural solutions, aerogel mats for facade insulation, and colloidal silica for paint formulations. The case study materials are provided by both large and small enterprises, they represent diverse industry sectors and different stages in the value chain. Results show the DSS ability to guide innovators in developing SSbD AdMa, by facilitating the assessment of most SSbD dimensions and visualizing the results in a comprehensive, yet detailed way, enabling their own balancing of SSbD benefits and trade‐offs.
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OpenAlex topics: Ergonomics and Human Factors · Chemistry and Chemical Engineering · Pigment Synthesis and Properties
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Affiliations
TEMAS Solutions Laetteweg 5 Hausen 5212 Switzerland
BASF SE Carl‐Bosch‐Str. 38 67056 Ludwigshafen Germany
CEA Saclay CNRS NIMBE LIONS Université Paris‐Saclay Gif‐Sur‐Yvette 91191 Cedex France
Chalmers Industriteknik Sven Hultins Plats 1 Gothenburg 412 58 Sweden
Nouryon AB Nouryon Pulp and Performance Chemicals AB Bohus 445 80 Sweden
CEA Saclay CNRS NIMBE LICSEN Université Paris‐Saclay Gif‐Sur‐Yvette 91191 Cedex France
Department of Toxicology Misvik Biology Oy Turku 20520 Finland
Institute of Environmental Medicine Karolinska Institutet Nobels väg 13 Stockholm 17177 Sweden
Misvik Biology Oy Turku 20520 Finland
Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA) CSIC Ctra. de la Coruña, km. 7,5 Madrid 28040 Spain
Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering Technical University of Denmark Bygningstorvet, Building 115 Kgs Lyngby DK‐2800 Denmark
Laboratory of Environmental Chemoinformatics Faculty of Chemistry University of Gdansk Wita Stwosza 63 Gdansk 80‐309 Poland
National Research Centre for the Working Environment Copenhagen 2100 Denmark
Risk Analysis for Prevention, Innovation & Development TNO Princetonlaan 6 Utrecht 3584 CB The Netherlands
Institute of Lung Health and Immunity (LHI) Helmholtz Munich Comprehensive Pneumology Center (CPC‐M) Germany Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL) Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1 85764 Neuherberg Germany
Funding
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
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