10. For over 100 years, companies have been making products from fossil fuels. 9. Manufacturing processes, products, and synergistic combinations of products, are frequently toxic or harmful to humans and/or the environment (pollution). 8. All pollution eventually gets loose and is dispersed throughout the environment. 7. It is more difficult to clean up pollution than to prevent it. 6. It is more difficult to prove a new substance is safe than to prove it is toxic. 5. Toxicologists have a greater understanding of what makes a substance toxic, which allows chemists to design non-toxic products. 4. Chemists and chemical engineers have a greatly expanded repertoire of reactions and techniques to make safer products by safer methods. 3. It has been estimated that 80 to 95% of all cancer is caused by environmental factors, including pollution, not genetics. 2. It is easier to prevent cancer than to cure it. 1. Widespread adoption of the principles and practice of Green Chemistry can prevent cancer.

Top 10 ethics & policy reasons to practice green chemistry

254th National Meeting (2017)

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