Tuesday, November 14, 2017
Green Chemistry
Green chemistry is going to pioneer the path to local and global sustainability. According to the module, green chemistry works to reduce pollution by minimizing or eliminating the hazards of chemicals and keeping hazardous chemicals out of the environment to begin with. I thought I knew what green chemistry was, but realized I haven't really seen it in daily or work life. Before reading this module and watching the clip, I assumed green chemistry was the "green" household products I saw at Target and Whole Foods that are supposed to be gentler/natural cleaners. The 12 principles of green chemistry are all straight forward and it's great that these principles all work together to prevent harmful chemicals from being used in the first place. These principles should be adopted along with stricter efforts to eliminate the current waste and pollution. As seen in the Great Pacific garbage patch video, the effects of non-biodegradable materials wreaks havoc on local ecosystems and species. Green chemistry and increased clean up efforts will help alleviate the burden of chemicals and chemical byproducts on the environment.
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Hi Christina,
ReplyDeleteI agree that the 12 principles of green chemistry all work together to prevent toxic chemicals from harming our environment. It's all pushing for safer products with non-toxic chemical content. I agree that it should be adopted to decrease the pollution in the environment. It is important to introduce and educate people, companies, establishments, and the government about the principles of the green chemistry. We need to take action before every place became like the Great Pacific garbage patch.
- Krissy