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Green Chemistry
What does Chemistry have to do with me?
Chemistry is all around us, in us and is us.
Almost everything you use in your everyday life was in the hands of a chemist at some point. The aspirin you take,
the clothes you wear, the gas you put in your car, your car, your cell phone, the CD's you listen to... all of these are products of Chemistry !!
Chemistry can and has been done in a very damaging way.
Chemistry can also be done in a way that does NOT hurt the environment or human health... Green Chemistry!
Research is going on all over the world to find replacements for the wasteful and hazardous products and processes that are out there now.
It can and MUST be done.
Green Chemistry
Green chemistry is the design of products using non-toxic, non-polluting techniques to make safe, non-toxic products.
As green chemists, we invent new products and re-invent existing wasteful and polluting products. Green chemistry is based on
twelve principles that guide chemists as to how to create safer, non-toxic products. These twelve principles are used as guidelines
for chemists and they are very important in the development of green chemistry products.