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WHY RANK CHEMICALS BASED ON TOXICITY ONLY?

April 26, 2017based chemicals rank toxicity

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WHY RANK CHEMICALS BASED ON TOXICITY ONLY?

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Minimizing the inherent toxicity of chemicals used in industrial processes and consumer products is an important goal of pollution prevention programs. In many situations early in the design of processes or products, it is difficult to predict possible patterns of release or exposure, so it is a sensible precaution to avoid chemicals with high inherent toxicity when lower toxicity substitutes are available.