Require safer substitutes and solutions: Making the substitution principle the cornerstone of sustainable chemical policies

New Solutions

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 177-192

  Thorpe, Beverley ^a   Rossi, Mark ^a  

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ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; LEGAL ASPECT; MANAGEMENT; POLLUTANT; UNITED STATES;

CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; POLICY MAKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 40649087411     PISSN: 10482911     EISSN: 15413772     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/NS.17.3.c     Document Type: Article

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