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GREEN CHEMISTRY AND POLLUTION PREVENTION TOOLS
Citation:
YOUNG, D. M. GREEN CHEMISTRY AND POLLUTION PREVENTION TOOLS. Presented at National Environmental Partnership Summit, Chicago, IL, April 11 - 14, 2005.
Impact/Purpose:
To inform the public.
Description:
Green Chemistry and Design for the Environment bring benefits as they can be a relatively low societal cost way to avoid pollution before it occurs. EPA supports these fields from the early stages of research and knowledge development through to assessment, economic analysis, education and training, and finally to regulatory flexibility. Industry can take advantage of resources provided by EPA and others to screen and select chemicals, design processes, and weigh alternatives. In this session Doug Young will first introduce research supported both internally and extramurally by EPA in this important area. Next Clive Davies will discuss the Green Chemistry and Design for the Environment programs informed by the research and their contributions to tools and approaches in risk assessment, environmental fate, toxicology, alternatives analysis, and life cycle analysis. Finally, Elizabeth Becker will discuss publicly available predictive P2 (pollution prevention) Framework tools from EPA's Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT) that can easily be used by chemists, toxicologists and others with responsibilities for chemical use decisions. Examples of screening for "green" chemicals will be highlighted. Moderator: Diana Bauer Engineer, U.S. EPA - Elizabeth Becker, Manager, Technical Services, Consortium for Environmental Risk Management: "Sustainable Chemistry Using the EPA OPPT P2 Framework Models " - Clive Davies, Chief, EPA Design for the Environment Branch - Douglas Young, Branch Chief, U.S. EPA