The shift towards being as environmentally-friendly as possible has resulted in the need for this important reference on the topic of designing safer chemicals. Edited by the leading international experts in the field, this volume covers such topics as toxicity, reducing hazards and biochemical pesticides. An essential resource for anyone wishing to gain an understanding of the world of green chemistry, as well as for chemists, environmental agencies and chemical engineers.

The shift towards being as environmentally-friendly as possible has resulted in the need for this important reference on the topic of designing safer chemicals. Edited by the leading international experts in the field, this volume covers such topics as toxicity, reducing hazards and biochemical pesticides.An essential resource for anyone wishing to gain an understanding of the world of green chemistry, as well as for chemists, environmental agencies and chemical engineers.

DESIGNING SAFER CHEMICALSThe Design of Safer Chemicals: Past, Present, and Future PerspectivesDifferential Toxicity Characterization of Green Alternative ChemicalsUnderstanding Mechanisms of Metabolic Transformations as a Tool for Designing Safer ChemicalsStructural and Toxic Mechanism-Based Approaches to Designing Safer ChemicalsInforming Substitution to Safer AlternativesDesign of Safer Chemicals - Ionic LiquidsDesigning Safer Organocatalysts - What Lessons Can Be Learned When the Rebirth of an Old Research Area Coincides with the Advent of Green Chemistry?Life-Cycle Concepts for Sustainable Use of Engineered Nanomaterials in NanoproductsDrugsGreener Chelating AgentsImprovements to the Environmental Performance of Synthetic-Based Drilling MudsBiochemical Pesticides: Green Chemistry Designs by NatureProperty-Based Approaches to Design Rules for Reduced ToxicityReducing Carcinogenicity and Mutagenicity Through Mechanism-Based Molecular Design of ChemicalsReducing EcotoxicityDesigning for Non-PersistenceReducing Physical Hazards: Encouraging Inherently Safer ProductionInteraction of Chemicals with the Endocrine System