M9.3 Blog: Green Chemistry

Watching the great pacific garbage patch it was quite sad to see what could be a beautiful island with clear blue water trashed! All the oceans junk ends up and becomes part of the inhabitant of the island. It is definitely a wake up call that something needs to be done to clean our oceans and protect the animals. I like the concept of Green chemistry; I have not heard of green chemistry until I seen this assignment. When I think of Green what usually comes to mind is fuel efficiency, solar panels and going electric on house hold appliances. Green chemistry sounds to be very useful. I have seen green chemistry in use at my job. Just 2 years ago the new hospital opened and everything in their is green and up to date on technology. They have solar panels to help emit sun powered electricity and of course trying to minimize the potential for accidents as the hospital is a level 1 trauma center and avoid disasters such as fires and explosions along side with physical chemicals such as liquids and solids. I think the 12 principals of green chemistry are exactly what they should be. They are there to help prevent waste, design safer chemicals, avoid chemical derivatives, analyze in real time prevention of pollution and minimize the potential for accidents. They were made to start a change in the environment now for a better tomorrow. Right now the future is looking bleak and if there are alternatives to improve the environment such as these 12 Green chemistry principles humans and animals will have a green and bright future ahead.

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  1. UnknownOctober 23, 2018 at 8:21 PM

    I had also not heard of green chemistry before doing this assignment. It's great to hear about the new hospital being so efficient - I haven't been over to see it yet!

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