The ideal of Environmental Justice (EJ), the principle that “all people and communities are entitled to equal protection of environmental and public health laws and regulation,” has eluded society for generations.  While the direct and acute impacts of environmental injustice are more readily identifiable, there is a fuller depth of disadvantages that are more nuanced and complex.  Given the systemic complexity of advancing EJ, there is an opportunity to exploit systems thinking and design tools to pursue new paradigms that have the potential to address root causes rather than mitigate symptoms.  One such paradigm is Green Chemistry that innovates new, benign chemicals and chemistries to mitigate acute and direct disproportionate harm as well as more complex and nuanced environmental injustices towards the ultimate goal of a more equitable and just society.

Advancing environmental justice through green chemistry

Fall 2022 abstracts, posters, and presentations will launch in mid-September.

ACS Fall 2022

The official archive and repository for all ACS Meetings & Expositions abstracts and select posters or presentations.