Protecting Against Endocrine Disruption Using Green and Sustainable Chemistry

Global environmental and toxicological data of emerging plasticizers: current knowledge, regrettable substitution dilemma, green solution and future perspectives

“…249,250 However, green chemistry, in actuality, has found success with a more narrow scope focused on reducing hazards and waste in industry, largely overlooking pressing toxicology problems such as the low dose effects of endocrine-disrupting chemicals and failing to prevent regrettable substitutions. 251,252 Sustainable chemistry translates sustainability goals into the development of economically viable and environmentally responsible chemicals and processes. 253,254 In order to produce safer plasticizers, we propose green and sustainable chemistry principles to produce safe and effective chemicals, as shown in Fig.…”