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Greenscreen for safer chemicals

GreenScreen

The GreenScreen is a method for chemical hazard assessment designed to identify chemicals of high concern and safer alternatives. They also developed the GreenScreen List Translator™, which provides a “list of lists” approach to quickly identify chemicals of high concern.

Please note:

Life cycle perspective is partially taken into account for degradation, by means of including break down products & impurities, but not for other themes.

Themes

Human toxicity
Physical hazards
Ecotoxicity

Assessment type

Quantitative

Spatial focus of impact

General

Life Cycle

No life cycle

Technical Stage

Concept
Development
Commercial

Required level of expertise and data

Low

Model data

Own model data

Open Access and method

Yes

English available

Yes

Geographical scale

Local

Object: Product
Goal: Certification; Product optimisation