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Connecting Toxicology and Chemistry to Ensure Safer Chemical Design
Citation:
Anastas, N. Connecting Toxicology and Chemistry to Ensure Safer Chemical Design. GREEN CHEMISTRY. Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, Uk, 18(16):4325-4331, (2016).
Impact/Purpose:
to contribute a journal article to a special edition of green chemistry
Description:
Designing safer, healthier and sustainable products and processes requires the engagement of toxicologists and the incorporation of twenty-first century toxicology principles and practices. Hazard reduction through molecular design benefits from trans-disciplinary collaboration, initiated at the design stage of chemicals synthesis. The path forward requires a sustained multi-pronged commitment to embedding the principles of toxicology into the chemistry curriculum, promote research collaboration among allied professional scientists and support education and outreach efforts at every opportunity, to technical and non-technical audiences, that highlight the natural nexus between toxicology and chemistry.
