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PublicationsTimo Martin2025-03-01T11:05:26+01:00

Beyond net zero climate targets: A research agenda for absolute environmental sustainability assessment to support decisions at different scales
Anders Bjørn Peter Fantke Michael Z. Hauschild Olivier Jolliet Alexis Laurent Mikołaj Owsianiak Morten Ryberg Eldbjørg Blikra Vea

https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ae3dfa
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Environmental Research Letters 2026
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Ecosystem health Natural resources Human health LCA
Integrating persistent mobile toxic chemicals and micropollutants into life cycle assessment: A cradle-to-grave evaluation of a low-carbon, nature-based wastewater treatment technology
Nooshin Barzegar Marvasti Iestyn Stead Chris Betteridge Ben Herbert Peter Fantke William A. Stubbings Mohamed Abou-Elwafa Abdallah Luisa Orsini

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.watres.2026.125430
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Water Research 2026, 293: 125430
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LCA Ecosystem health Organic substances
Increased pesticide use and ecotoxicity impacts associated with plant-based dietary shifts
Jingcheng Yang Xinhan Yin Wei Wei Yuyue Zhang Dongquan Yang Xinyi Geng Lixiao Zhang Yan Hao Yong-Guan Zhu Peter Fantke Yi Yang

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2025.101570
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One Earth 2026, 9: 101570
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Pesticides Ecosystem health Risk screening Substitution
Insights from life cycle assessment to inform chemical substitution, alternatives assessment and safe and sustainable-by-design
Peter Fantke Phatchari Mankong

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.est.5c12521
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Environmental Science and Technology 2026, 60: 1596-1611
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Substitution LCA Pesticides Ecosystem health Human health
Integrating dissolution kinetics into freshwater ecotoxicity characterization of inorganic metal compounds: Application to copper and zinc oxides
Ioanna Panteli Peter Fantke Michael Z. Hauschild Mikołaj Owsianiak

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2025.127615
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Environmental Pollution 2026, 392: 127615
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Metals Ecosystem health LCA
The European Commission’s safe and sustainable by design framework: Bridging innovation and legislation
Kathrin Schwirn Doris Völker Magnus Løfstedt Peter Fantke Cecilia Bossa Anežka Sharma Leo Posthuma Achilleas Karakoltzidis Fotini Nikiforou Alicja Mikołajczyk Jaco Westra Spyros Karakitsios Dimosthenis Sarigiannis Irantzu Garmendia Aguirre

https://doi.org/10.1186/s12302-025-01246-y
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Environmental Sciences Europe 2025, 37: 189
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Substitution Human health Ecosystem health
Characterizing ecotoxicity impacts of pesticides applied to vegetable crops in Finland during 2003-2019 and recommendations for impact reduction
Kati Räsänen Irene Vänninen Sirpa Kurppa Jussi V.K. Kukkonen Peter Fantke

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.146247
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Journal of Cleaner Production 2025, 522: 146247
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Ecosystem health Pesticides Substitution LCA
Including impacts of microplastics in marine water and sediments in life cycle assessment
Nadim Saadi Jérôme Lavoie Peter Fantke Paula Redondo-Hasselerharm Anne-Marie Boulay

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2025.146037
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Journal of Cleaner Production 2025, 520: 146037
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Ecosystem health Plastics LCA Substitution
Farm-level environmental sustainability assessment of agricultural pest control strategies across Europe
Farshad Soheilifard Jennifer Mark Yuyue Zhang Peter Fantke

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.spc.2025.06.019
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Sustainable Production and Consumption 2025, 58: 237-250
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LCA Pesticides Ecosystem health Human health Natural resources
Occurrence of pesticide residues in harvested products of various crops from European conventional and organic farming systems
Paula S. Tourinho Zuzana Hochmanová Petr Kukučka Martina Hronová Marek Šudoma Shiva Sabzevari Francisco Alcon Josefina Contreras Nelson Abrantes Isabel Campos Isabelle Baldi Mathilde Bureau Abdallah Alaoui Florian Christ Daniele Mandrioli Daria Sgargi Igor Pasković Marija Polić Pasković Matjaž Glavan Paula Harkes Esperanza Huerta Lwanga Trine Norgaard Vivi Schlünssen Olukayode O. Jegede Peter Fantke Violette Geissen Hans Mol Coen J. Ritsema Vera Silva Paul Scheepers Jakub Hofman

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2025.139113
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Journal of Hazardous Materials 2025, 495: 139113
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Pesticides Ecosystem health Human health Substitution Risk screening