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Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 07:42:09 -0400
Reply-To: Ralph Stuart <rstuart**At_Symbol_Here**uvm.edu>
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From: Ralph Stuart <rstuart**At_Symbol_Here**uvm.edu>
Subject: Online tool for selecting more evironmentally benign and safer
chemical substitutes
From: smleite**At_Symbol_Here**MIT.EDU
Subject: online tool for selecting more evironmentally benign and
safer chemical substitutes
Date: August 18, 2006 4:39:17 PM EDT (CA)
Dear Lab Safety Listserv Members,
As an extension of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's effort to
reduce the generation of hazardous wastes and potential workplace
exposures
in our research and academic laboratories and to provide a pollution
prevention tool for the broader research community, we are pleased to
announce the launch of the Green Chemical Alternatives Wizard, which
is now
available at http://web.mit.edu/environment/academic/purchasing.html .
Click on the icon with the flask and the leaf to go to the Wizard, or
click
on the hyperlinked "Green Chemical Alternatives Purchasing Wizard" in
the
opening paragraph.
The Green Chemical Alternatives Wizard is a web-based tool that is
designed
to provide information on chemical alternatives for some of the most
commonly used hazardous solvents and substances in research
laboratories.
The Green Chemical Alternatives Wizard provides over 200 journal
references
and case studies that detail alternative chemicals and/or processes
available for hazardous solvents, reagents, and cleaning agents and
includes
the following
features:
--- it is available at no charge, requires no password, and is directly
accessible via a URL;
--- it runs on both Mac and PC platforms;
--- it may be viewed via multiple web browsers (Internet Explorer,
Firefox,
etc.);
--- a "Filter" function allows search results to be narrowed down; and
--- "Print" and "Email" buttons allow search results to be retained for
future use.
The Green Chemical Alternatives Wizard does require MacroMedia
FlashPlayer.
If your computer does not currently have this program, you may
download it
for free at:
http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?
P1_Prod_Version=Shockwa
veFlash
We hope that this resource will be useful to your department,
laboratory, or
organization and encourage you to forward the Green Chemical
Alternatives
URL to your colleagues and any other interested parties.
Additional feedback or comments about the Green Chemical Alternatives
Wizard
are welcome at: greenchem**At_Symbol_Here**mit.edu.
Please excuse cross-postings.
Sincerely,
Susan Leite
Assistant EHS Officer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
__________________________________________
Susan Leite
Assistant EHS Officer
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue, Building N52-496
Cambridge, MA 02139
(v) 617.253.5246
(f) 617.258.6831
smleite**At_Symbol_Here**mit.edu
http://informit.mit.edu/ehs-ms/
Search for safer, more environmentally benign chemicals at:
http://web.mit.edu/environment/academic/purchasing.html
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