🧪 Green chemistry – what’s that ⁉️

✅ Green chemistry is defined as the design of chemical products and processes to reduce or eliminate the use or generation of hazardous substances. Green chemistry applies across the life cycle of a chemical product, including its design, manufacture, and use.

Popularized in the late 1990’s, green chemistry aims to make chemical products and processes safer, more efficient, and environmentally sustainable by applying 12 principles 👇

Be sure to also check out the work by our scientific advisory board member Terry Collins who has been an important voice in the field and teaching about green and sustainable chemistry for decades (https://www.science.org/doi/full/10.1126/science.291.5501.48).