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Recent chemical reform bills call for green chemistry to be a core element as a source of safer alternatives. But green chemistry offers much more than just replacements.
Dozens of companies, as well as many academic laboratories, are pursuing the same goal — to produce algae as a source of, literally, green energy. And many of them are using genetic engineering or other biological techniques, like chemically induced mutations, to improve how algae functions.
Overshadowed by the angst over Assembly Bill 32 and its greenhouse-gas reduction mandate is a potentially more far-reaching legacy of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger’s administration: green chemistry to regulate toxic substances in consumer products.
There is an increasing awareness that cities function as complex, dynamic urban ecosystems. Thus major shifts in planning, decision making and implementation will be needed to address the challenge of urban sustainability.
Biodegradable biopolymer microspheres could deliver stem cells to the eyes of patients whose sight has been destroyed by age-related macular degeneration (AMD) to repair the damage and enable them to see clearly again, say researchers in the UK.
Phone Seminar: Richard Engler on the US EPA Green Chemistry Program
Please Join Us!
Richard Engler
Director, Green Chemistry Program
U.S. EPA Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
Wednesday March 3, 2010
3 p.m. Eastern - 2 p.m. Central - 12 Noon Pacific
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1.877.250.4348
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