Incentives for Using Green Chemistry and the Presentation of an Approach for Green Chemical Design

Green Chemistry Metrics: Measuring and Monitoring Sustainable Processes

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 27-40

  Anastas, Nicholas D ^a  

^a Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical hazard assessment; Design rules for hazard reduction; Existing motivators for implementing green chemistry; Global hazard metrics; Green Chemistry non regulatory approach for pollution prevention in management of hazardous substances; Metrics for evaluating greener chemicals; Tier I analysis understanding interactions of target chemical at mechanistic level; Traditional approaches to minimizing risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886105372     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444305432.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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