The purpose of this web conference will be to provide an overview of the States Alternatives Assessment Wiki. This wiki has been developed by an ad hoc group of state environmental agency staff under the leadership of Pam Eliason, Toxics Use Reduction Institute (TURI), University of Massachusetts Lowell. The intent of the Safer Alternatives Wiki […]

Participants in this IC2 web conference discussed how different states and others define the terms "safe" and "safer" in the context of a safer alternatives assessment and how those definitions influence the scope and outcomes of an alternatives assessment study.

Clinton Boyd from the Sustainable Research Group presented on the Greener Chemicals and Processes Information Standard proposed by the ACS Green Chemistry Institute and NSF International. A copy of the Webinar presentation is available for download here

In 2010, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection requested support in determining the availability of safer alternatives to replace the use of brominated flame retardants (BFRs), and specifically decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE), as flame retardants in plastic pallets. The webinar will feature John James of ME DEP, who will discuss the process they used to identify […]

Dr. Jim Hutchison (University of Oregon - Department of Chemistry) provided background on the concepts and benefits of "green chemistry," how he has incorporated these principles into his own research in nanoscience, and the work of the University of Oregon's Green Product Design Network. Chris Affeldt (Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Environment) described Michigan's […]

Pam Eliason, MA TURI, provided a brief tutorial on the IC2 Safer Alternatives Wiki, with an interactive Q&A session. The IC2 Safer Alternatives Wiki is designed to provide state technical assistance providers and chemical policy makers with a dynamic tool for the developing field of alternatives assessment. Led by the efforts of the Safer Alternatives […]