Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards Program: Summary of 1999 AwardEntries and Recipients

摘要

President Clinton announced the Green Chemistry Challenge on March 16, 1995, asone of his Reinventing Enviornmental Regulations Initiatives. EPA Administrator Carol Browner announced the Green Chemistry Challenge Awards Program on October 30, 1995. This document provides summaries of the entries received for the 1999 Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards. The approaches described in these summaries illustrate how numerous individuals, groups, and organizations from academia, small businesses, industry, and government are demonstrating a commitment to designing, developing, and implementing green chemical methodologies that are less hazardous to human health and the environment. The approaches described in these summaries also illustrate the technical and economic feasibility of implementing green chemical methodologies and are recognized for their beneficial scientific, economic, and environmental impacts.