A new aspect for our environmental improvements

Abstract EN

Use of chemistry for pollution prevention is called Green Chemistry.

It is the design of chemical products and processes that are environmentally benign.

Green chemistry encompasses all aspects and types of chemical processes that reduce negative impacts to human health and the environment.

The importance of the new area is providing goods and services for growing population without sacrificing environmental quality.

The growth of the chemical industry is likely to take place in the developing world, coincident with the rising population.

However, many of the global environmental impacts attributable to the population growth have ties to chemical processes or products: loss of biological species in forests and in waters, ozone depletion, downstream pollution from unsustainable agricultural practices, the pollution of fresh and marine waters, the persistent organic pollutants into the ecosystem, changing climate causing changes in the hydrologic cycle with manifestations in flood, drought, sea-level change, and the spread of infectious diseases.