Green Chemistry - A Review

Abstract

Green Chemistry is the utilization of a set of principles that reduces or eliminates the use or generation of hazardous substances in the design, manufacture and application of chemical products. Green Chemistry is the design of chemical products and processes that reduce or eliminate the use and generation of hazardous substances.  Often referred to as a form of molecular-level pollution prevention, Green Chemistry relies on a set of 12 principles that can be used to design or re-design molecules, materials and chemical transformations to be safer for human health and the environment.