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Green Chemistry Institute (chemistry.org/greenchemistryinstitute) accesses information on chemical research, conferences and symposia around the world, with links to journal extracts, recent publications, and new projects such as the new green chemistry centers springing up around the world. Green Chemistry Journal (www.rsc.org/Publishing/Journals/gc/index.asp) of the U.K.’s Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), allows users access to research activities on chemical aspects of clean technology from the academic, industrial, and public sectors. It also includes; primary research papers, communications and reviews. It has a searchable database and links to other RSC publications. Green Chemistry Network (www.chemsoc.org/networks/gcn), launched by the U.K.’s Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), is based in the Department of Chemistry at the University of York. Users can access a database on green chemistry linked to overseas networks, information on conferences and workshops, calls for proposals, the Green Chemistry Journal, and a database of research and publications. National Center for Manufacturing Sciences Solvent Database (solvdb.ncms.org) is a searchable database with data on health and safety considerations involved in choosing and using solvents, as well as information about regulations affecting use of different solvents and environmental fate data. The site is coordinated through EPA’s Envirosense Program. The Joint Service Pollution Prevention (P2) Technical Library (p2library.nfesc.navy.mil) offers a searchable database as well as a guide for identifying available pollution prevention (P2) technologies, management practices, and process changes that will reduce the amount of hazardous and solid waste being generated. The Solvent Alternatives Guide (SAGE) (clean.rti.org) and Coatings Alternatives Guide (CAGE), (cage.rti.org) are sponsored by the Research Triangle Institute, Research Triangle Park, NC. SAGE is an interactive computer program that provides pollution prevention information on solvent and process alternatives for parts cleaning and degreasing. CAGE is an expert system and information database designed to recommend low-emitting alternative coating technologies to coatings users. University of Oregon Department of Chemistry (darkwing.uoregon.edu/~chem) has a well-organized site with links to the project that garnered ACS’s Kenneth G. Hancock Memorial Student Award in Green Chemistry—a green organic lab that is believed to be the first of its kind in the United States. U.S. EPA’s Envirosense Project (es.epa.gov) site has useful information for pollution prevention and solvent substitution programs to ensure compliance with environmental laws and regulations, solve enforcement cases, and develop research projects. The site links to Solvent Substitution Data Systems (es.epa.gov/ssds/ssds.html) and the Integrated Solvent Substitution Data System (ISSDS) (es.epa.gov/issds). U.S. EPA’s Green Chemistry Program (www.epa.gov/greenchemistry) is an extensive site with links to the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge and the Green Chemistry Expert System (GCES), which allows users to build a green chemical process, design a green chemical, or survey the field of green chemistry. It also links to research grants, resources, data, and international activities including an Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) survey on sustainable chemistry. United Nations Environment Program (UNEP), Division of Technology, Industry and Economics (www.emcentre.com/unepweb/tec_case) accesses over 50 case studies from around the world on the manufacture of chemicals and chemical products, many relevant to green chemistry. |