What is Green Chemistry and how did it begin? According to the EPA what is the p

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What is Green Chemistry and how did it begin? According to the EPA what is the purpose of green chemistry? In your own words, give your understanding of the purpose of Green Chemistry? How is the green chemistry approach different than previous approaches to problems in chemistry? What are the 12 principles of green chemistry? What makes a molecule toxic? Are all molecules toxic? Pick 3 principles of green chemistry and give one way that you can apply these specific principles at home and in your future career. What is the contribution of John Warner and Paul Anastas to the green chemistry model? What have you learned from your research on green chemistry that surprised and/or interested you? Regarding this concept, what would you like to learn more about?

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Green chemistry is the area of chemistry involved with "environement and sustaintable" chemistry. This favours processes which are sustainable for human and . It tries to reduce dangerous material, pollutants and plenty of other technologies that are not sustainable.

There is no specific beginning or date of fundation.

The green chemsitry has been analyed in the last 2 decades since the environment is getting each time less suitable for human, animal and other living organism.

Note that Green Chemistry tries to favours processes in which human - nature can relate and evovle together, rather than the use of technologies and processes which does not allows this in the long run

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