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The HotSpot Scan (HSS) tool for Product Life Cycle Estimations

The HotSpot Scan (HSS) tool for Product Life Cycle Estimations

Type of measure: Organizational

Estimating the emissions of and exposure to hazardous substances over the life cycle of a product can be a tedious and difficult task. Nevertheless, it is an imperative task for the REACH registration and authorization of a substance or product. The HotSpot Scan tool greatly eases this process and provides the user with data across several sources.

Product life cycle and release estimations

The HotSpotScan (HSS) tool helps the user build a product’s life cycle with different phases such as substance production, formulation, use, service life, and end-of-life. By answering some basic questions on the substance and process properties, the user is presented with the relevant environmental and indoor air release estimations provided by (i) EUSES (European Union System for the Evaluation of Substances, the tool for estimating emissions in REACH dossiers) and (ii) (specific) environmental release categories as provided by ECHA. The user can also choose to overrule these estimations and provide their own values, if needed.

Broad range of application industry categories

The HSS tool can be used for a broad range of applications. The tool covers several industry categories, including Adhesives and Sealants, Construction Chemicals, Electrical/Electronic Industry, Solvents and more. After selecting one of these categories, one can build an entire product’s life cycle, phase by phase.

The tool is available at https://diamonds.tno.nl/projects/hotspotscan.

Please contact Tom Ligthart for more details on the tool and discover how TNO can help you in the decision-making process for the safe and sustainable development of new innovative products.

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Published March 18, 2024
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Sector(s) involved:
All sectors
Activities of extraterritorial organisations and bodies
Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods- and services-producing activities of households for own use
Administrative and support service activities
Agents involved in the sale of food
Agriculture
Animal production
Arts
Beverages and tobacco
Building completion and finishing
Building of ships and boats
Casting of light metals
Casting of other non-ferrous metals
Chain and springs
Civil engineering
Cleaning and polishing preparations
Cold forming or folding
Collection of hazardous waste
Construction
Construction of buildings
Construction of residential and non-residential buildings
Construction of roads and railways
Defence activities
Demolition
Dental practice activities
Education
Electric power generation
Electricity
entertainment and recreation
Except central heating hot water boilers
except furniture; manufacture of articles of straw and plaiting materials
Extraction of crude petroleum and natural gas
Financial and insurance activities
Finishing of textiles
Fire service activities
Food packaging inks
forestry and fishing
Forestry and logging
Forging
Heat and air conditioning installation
Hospital activities
Human health and social work activities
Information and communication
Lead
Machining (incl. service life of hard-metal tools)
Maintenance and repair
Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles
Manufacture of air and spacecraft and related machinery
Manufacture of basic chemicals
Manufacture of basic iron and steel and of ferro-alloys
Manufacture of basic metals
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical preparations
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products
Manufacture of basic pharmaceutical products and pharmaceutical preparations
Manufacture of batteries and accumulators
Manufacture of builders ware of plastic
Manufacture of ceramic tiles and flags
Manufacture of chemicals and chemical products
Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products
Manufacture of computer electronic and optical products
Manufacture of doors and windows of metal
Manufacture of dyes and pigments
Manufacture of electronic components and boards
Manufacture of electronical equipement
Manufacture of engines and turbines
Manufacture of fabricated metal products
Manufacture of fertilisers and nitrogen compounds
Manufacture of food products
Manufacture of footwear
Manufacture of furniture
Manufacture of glass and glass products
Manufacture of glue
Manufacture of instruments and appliances for measuring
Manufacture of machinery
Manufacture of machinery and equipment
Manufacture of magnetic and optical media
Manufacture of medical and dental instruments and supplies
Manufacture of musical instruments
Manufacture of other articles of concrete
Manufacture of other chemical products n.e.c. (incl. catalysts)
Manufacture of other electronic and electric wires and cables
Manufacture of other fabricated metal products [incl. additive manufacturing]
Manufacture of other fabricated metal products n.e.c.
Manufacture of other inorganic basic chemicals
Manufacture of other organic basic chemicals
Manufacture of other porcelain and ceramic products
Manufacture of other rubber products
Manufacture of other transport equipment
Manufacture of paints and coatings
Manufacture of paper and paper products
Manufacture of paper and paperboard
Manufacture of perfumes and toilet preparations
Manufacture of pesticides and other agrochemical products
Manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations
Manufacture of pharmaceutical products
Manufacture of plastic raw materials
Manufacture of plastics and rubber machinery
Manufacture of plastics and rubber products
Manufacture of plastics in primary forms
Manufacture of plastics products
Manufacture of prepared feeds for farm animals
Manufacture of refined petroleum products
Manufacture of refined petroleum products (catalysts)
Manufacture of rubber tyres and tubes; retreading and rebuilding of rubber tyres
Manufacture of soap and detergents
Manufacture of steam generators
Manufacture of synthetic rubber in primary forms
Manufacture of textiles
Manufacture of tools
Manufacture of wire products
Manufacture of wiring and wiring devices
Manufacture of wood and of products of wood and cork
Manufacture of wood and wood products
Manufacturing
Materials recovery
Medical and dental practice activities
Mining and quarrying
Mining of other non-ferrous metal ores
new sector
Oil refining
Other building and industrial cleaning activities
Other cleaning activities
Other non-ferrous metal production
Other service activities
Paint and varnish industry
Painting and glazing
Perfumes and toilet preparations
Plaster and cement
Plumbing
Pressing
Printing and reproduction of recorded media
Printing ink and mastics (incl. frits)
Professional
Public administration and defence; compulsory social security
Public administration and national defence
Real estate activities
Recovery of sorted materials
Repair and installation of machinery and equipment
Research and development
Roofing activities
Scientific and technical activities
Scientific research and development
Shaping and finishing of stone
Sheets
Specialist medical practice activities
Stamping and roll-forming of metal; powder metallurgy
Steam and air conditioning supply
Tanning and dressing of leather; dressing and dyeing of fur
Technical testing and analysis
Testing and navigation incl. humidity indicator cards
Transportation and storage
Treatment and coating of metals
Treatment and disposal of hazardous waste
Treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste
Treatment and supply
Tubes and profiles
Varnishes and similar coatings
Vehicle and cycle engines
Veterinary activities
Waste collection
waste management and remediation activities
Water collection
Water supply; sewerage
Wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles
Zinc and tin production
About this case
Company:
TNO
Country:
The Netherlands
For more information please contact:
Tom Ligthart
General facts

Facts about cancer-causing agents:

  • The direct costs of carcinogen exposure at work across Europe are estimated at 2.4 billion Euros per year.
  • Every year, about 120.000 persons get cancer from exposure to carcinogens at work
  • Annually more than 100.000 people die because of work-related cancer.