Green Chemistry: An Introductory Text

摘要

Modern chemistry affects all facets of contemporary life since it is instrumental in the development, production, use, and disposal of the huge variety of goods that we all demand. Unfortunately, many consider the chemical industry's approach to producing synthesized goods unsafe and undesirable and pursue this thinking to differentiate industrial operations from "natural" processes. The green approach, a commitment to reconcile the necessity of getting more and better products out of a reactor with the imperative of enhanced environmental sensitivity, was first articulated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over a decade ago. Now recognized as a meaningful response to the urgency of providing for sustainability, green practices are increasingly being embraced worldwide.