Green chemistry is the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances. Green chemistry applies across the life cycle of a chemical product, including its design, manufacture, use, and ultimate disposal. Green chemistry is also known as sustainable chemistry. Learn more about the twelve principles of green chemistry on the EPA web site.
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A Framework to Guide Selection of Chemical Alternatives by EPA's Safer Choice program (formerly Design for Environment (DfE)) works in partnership with industry, environmental groups, and academia to reduce risk to people and the environment by finding ways to prevent pollution.
Green Chemistry GuideNext Generation Environmental Technologies (NGET): Benefits and BarriersThe Guide to Safer Chemicals: Implementing the BizNGO Principles for Safer Chemicals by EPA uses risk assessment to characterize the nature and magnitude of health risks to humans (e.g., residents, workers, recreational visitors) and ecological receptors (e.g., birds, fish, wildlife) from chemical contaminants and other stressors, that may be present in the environment.
The tools below are designed to help users evaluate the risks of specific chemicals.
