University of Michigan - Health Impacts of Chemicals in Consumer Products
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Health Impacts of Chemicals in Consumer Products at Coursera Overview
Duration | 15 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
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Health Impacts of Chemicals in Consumer Products at Coursera Highlights
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Health Impacts of Chemicals in Consumer Products at Coursera Course details
- This course focuses on assessing health impacts of chemicals in products and of fine particulate emitted along the product life cycle
- We first develop the assessment framework to assess exposure and health impacts of chemicals in products
- We then detail the application of mass-balance approaches to the case of parabens in personal care products
- Participants then learn to assess the human health impacts of chemicals in products using the USEtox model (UN-Environment toxicity model) and discuss the level of protection offered by existing regulations about chemicals in products contrasting US and Europe
- We extend the assessment to risks and impacts 5000+ chemical-household product combinations identifying the products and chemicals of concern in e.g. home maintenance and personal care products and looking at children as a sensitive population and at the magnitude of the risks associated with exposures to chemicals in toys
- We also introduce a Life Cycle-based approach to Chemical Alternatives Assessment (CAA) combining both quantified exposure and hazards and discuss the applicability domain of CAA compared to Risk Assessment (RA) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). We finally determine exposure to and effect of fine particulates on human health along the product and chemical supply chain and life cycle
- This course concludes the course series by providing cutting-edge progress on the overall exposome and compares the health impacts of multiple environmental exposures on health
Health Impacts of Chemicals in Consumer Products at Coursera Curriculum
Chemicals in Products
Meet Your Instructors
Welcome to the Course
Assessment Framework - Part A Importance of exposure
Assessment Framework - Part B Needs and assessment framework
Which method for which problem? When to use Risk Assessment (RA), Chemical Alternatives Assessment (CAA)and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)? use RA, CAA, and LCA - Part A
Which method for which problem? Description of RA, CAA, and LCA - Part B
Personal Care Products (PCPs): Part A1a Defining product intake fraction (PiF) and compartment of entry
PCPs - Parabens: Part A1b Mass balance calculation of the PiF
Impacts of chemicals in personal care products - Parabens exposures
Parabens - impacts and risks
Impacts of chemicals in PCPs - Overview human health impacts & risks of formaldehyde in PCP
Introduction to USEtox near-field - formaldehyde in shampoo
USEtox –The Product Interfaces – Exposures, risks and damages metrics
USEtox – The UNEP-SETAC toxicity model The Personal Care Product Interface – Exposures, risks and damages
User input data for the Personal Care Product Interface - USEtox – The UNEP-SETAC toxicity model
[Optional] USEtox transfers and product intake fractions (optional for the general version of USEtox without using product interface)
[Optional]USEtox dose and risks: the Personal Care Product interface (optional for the general version of USEtox without using product interface)
[Optional] USEtox impacts (optional for the general version of USEtox without using product interface)
Meet your instructor(s)
Syllabus
Pre-Course Survey
Week 1 Slides
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Knowledge check 1 - Chemical assessment framework
Knowledge check 2 - Which method for which problem?
Knowledge check 3 - Parabens in Personal Care Products
Activity 1 Heat maps to determine exposures to PCPs
Activity 2 Risks and impacts of hydroquinone in face cream and shampoo
Knowledge check 4: risk and impact metrics
Activity 3 USEtox - hydroquinone in body lotion
Week 1 assessment
Chemicals of Concern
Impacts of PCPs - Should we care - PCP in history and regulations
Impacts of chemicals in products - Should we care - PCPs chemicals of concern and mitigation strategies
Impacts and risks of chemicals in household products - Exposure & impacts per chemical-product combination
Impacts and risks of chemicals in household products - Household products and chemicals of concern: impacts
Impacts and risks of chemicals in household products - Household products and chemicals of concern: risks
Chemicals in toys Part A Amounts of chemicals
Chemicals in toys - Part B Exposure
Chemicals in toys - Part C Risks and chemicals of high concern
Risks of chemicals in toys - Mouthing and chemicals of concern in toys and buildings
The Toy Interface - Exposures, risks and damages
Week 2 Slides
Knowledge check - Chemicals in PCPs should we care
Activity: Household products
Activity 4 household product and diagonal plots
Knowledge check: Chemicals in toys
Activity 6: Plasticizers in toys
Week 2 assessment
Impacts on Products
Introduction to Chemical Alternatives Assessment (LCAA)
A step by step procedure for evaluating chemicals in the use phase
Flooring material case study
Extension to Life Cycle Based alternatives Assessment, chemicals in the supply chain
USEtox –The Building Materials Interface – Exposures, risks and damages
Impacts of fine particulate and chemicals in products
Impacts of fine particulates on human health - Framework
Impacts of fine particulates on human health - Exposure
Impacts of fine particulates on human health - exposure-response
Impacts of fine particulates on human health - impacts of a computer & IO
Consumption, Products, and Health - Exposome Part A
Consumption, Products, and Health - Exposome Part B
Healthy and sustainable foods and products - Fine particulate and chemicals in products
End Of Series Wrap Up
Week 3 Slides
Post-Course Survey
Knowledge Check: CAA
Knowledge Check: Step by Step & Flooring Case Study
Knowledge Check: Extension to Life Cycle Based alternatives Assessment, chemicals in the supply chain
Knowledge Check: Impacts of fine particulates
Knowledge Check: Global trade and exposome
Week 3 Assessment
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