Considering risks to both those inside the lab and people in the community can help minimize hazards—and make chemistry more ...

NYSP2I’s annual summer-long research program gives students across its five partner universities—including Binghamton University, Clarkson University, Cornell University, Rensselaer Polytechnic ...

The Yale Center for Green Chemistry and Green Engineering just entered year two of its ongoing six-year, $12.6-million initiative with the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, or UNIDO.

This booklet describes the many design principles of green chemistry and engineering in a visually compelling format. Introduction to “Design Principles for Sustainable and Green Chemistry and ...

So many of the twentysomethings in chemistry laboratories and classrooms today are exceptionally passionate about sustainability. That’s something my colleagues and I hear a lot from the experts we ...

In the past decade, many large pharmaceutical companies have moved to using green-chemistry practices for drug discovery, development and manufacturing. These firms include ours, Amgen, and others ...

Even when companies did try to deal responsibly with their waste, which typically included volatile organic solvents and other hard-to-clean-up agents, the volumes were daunting. Global statistics ...

Rachel Carson wrote the mainstream scientific book Silent Spring in 1962. It outlined the devastation that certain chemicals had on local ecosystems. The book served as a wake-up call for the public ...

The pharmaceutical industry has a crucial role in modern healthcare, but it also has a significant environmental footprint. From large-scale solvent use and carbon emissions to water pollution and ...