Welcome to the GreenScreen™ for Safer Chemicals v 1.2
We would like to thank the GreenScreen™ Technical Advisory Committee and the GreenScreen™ Steering Committee for all of their helpful feedback and input in helping us realize our goal of continual improvement and development of a robust, scientifically based method that is practical and protective of human health and the environment.
At this site you may download all of the supporting resources and documentation for performing a GreenScreen™ assessment using GreenScreen™ v 1.2. We have also provided example assessments.
GreenScreen™ v1.2 Training Workshop
Clean Production Action is hosting six separate one-day experiential training workshops on the GreenScreen™ for Safer Chemicals in the Great Lakes Region from 2012 - 2014. Click here for more information.
GreenScreen™ v 1.2 (2e) Hazard Criteria
There are 18 hazard endpoints addressed by GreenScreen Hazard Criteria:
Click here to download the GreenScreen™ hazard criteria (.pdf, 124KB) (November 2012)
| Environmental Fate | Environmental Health* | Human Health Group I | Human Health Group II | Physical Hazards |
| Persistence (P) | Acute Aquatic Toxicity (AA) | Carcinogenicity (C) | Acute Mammalian Toxicity (AT) | Reactivity (Rx) |
| Bioaccumulation (B) | Chronic Aquatic Toxicity(CA) | Mutagenicity & Genotoxicity (M) | Systemic Toxicity & Organ Effects (incl. Immunotoxicity) (ST) | Flammability (F) |
| Reproductive Toxicity (R) | Neurotoxicity (N) | |||
| Developmental Toxicity (incl. Developmental Neurotoxicity) (D) | Sensitization (SnS) |
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| Endocrine Activity (E) | Respiratory Sensitization (SnR) | |||
| Skin Irritation (IrS) | ||||
| *Other Ecotoxicity Studies when available | Eye Irritation (IrE) |
GreenScreen™ v 1.2 Benchmarks
GreenScreen™ v 1.2 includes four Benchmarks. Each Benchmark includes a set of criteria that a chemical, along with its known and predicted transformation products, must pass. To progress from Benchmark 1 to Benchmark 2, a chemical (including transformation products) must pass all the criteria specified under Benchmark 1. Likewise, to advance from Benchmark 2 to Benchmark 3, the chemical (and its transformation products) must pass all of the criteria in Benchmark 2, etc.
Click here for the GreenScreen™ v 1.2 Benchmarks. (.pdf, 241KB) (October 2011)
ToxServices has released the GreenScreen™ Inspector to help calculate a GreenScreen™ Benchmark score. Click here to try the GreenScreen Inspector
GreenScreen™ Assessment Template
Download the GreenScreen™ v 1.2 Assessment Template in Word™ format to ensure that your assessments are comprehensive and consistent.
Click here for the GreenScreen™ v 1.2 Assessment Template (.docx, 194KB) (February 2012)
GreenScreen™ List Translator (February 2012)
Performing an initial screen of authoritative and screening hazard lists can be a big time saver when it comes to assessing chemicals. It can rule out chemicals of concern and help to identify those chemicals that are best suited for a full GreenScreen™ assessment. The GreenScreen™ List Translator includes:
- Definitions of Authoritative, Screening A and B Lists
- GreenScreen™ Specified Lists
- Hazard Lists Identifying Benchmark 1 Chemicals
- Hazard Lists Identifying Possible Benchmark 1 Chemicals
Click here to download the GreenScreen™ List Translator for Benchmark 1 ("Red List") and Possible Benchmark 1 Chemicals (.pdf, 56KB) (February 2012)
GreenScreen™ Guidance (DRAFT)
Please download the DRAFT GreenScreen™ Guidance for best practices in dealing with hazard classification, data gaps, identifying feasible and relevant transformation products, reporting on mixtures and more.
Click here for the DRAFT GreenScreen v 1.2 Guidance (.pdf, 147KB)
Additional GreenScreen™ Information Sources
Click here for the GreenScreen™ v 1.2 Information Sources (.pdf, 12KB) (October 2011)
Example GreenScreen™ Assessments
It is helpful to see what a full GreenScreen™ assessment looks like.
The Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse (IC2) is launching a Chemical Hazard Assessment Database to make available assessments based on the GreenScreen™ for Safer Chemicals and the Quick Chemical Assessment Tool, a simplified version of the GreenScreen developed by Washington Department of Ecology. The database will continue to grow as more chemical hazard assessments become available. Visit the IC2 Chemical Hazard Assessment Database.
The following chemical hazard assessments were performed by Licensed GreenScreen Profilers and provide examples of how GreenScreen can be applied to both organic and inorganic chemicals:
Click here for the example GreenScreen™ v 1.2 assessment of 104-76-7 2-Ethyl-1-Hexanol (.pdf, 586KB)
Click here for the example GreenScreen™ v 1.2 assessment of 1332-07-6 Zinc Borate (.pdf, 327KB)
GreenScreen™ Technical Advisory Committee
| Meredith Haamen Arcadis, Business |
Su Patel California Department of Toxic Substance Control (DTSC), Government |
| Sara Hoover, Bruce Winder California Office of Environmental Health and Hazard Assessment, Government |
Sharyle Patton Commonweal, NGO |
| Ann Blake Environmental & Public Health Consulting, Consultant |
Shari Franjevic Transform to Green, representing Clean Production Action, Consultant |
| Cal Baier-Anderson, now with DfE Environmental Defense Fund, NGO |
Maya Berci, Manon Drake Environment Canada, Government |
| James Ewell GreenBlue, NGO |
Tom Lent Healthy Building Network, NGO |
| Helen Holder, Paul Mazurkiewicz, Cory Robertson, Curtis Wray Hewlett-Packard, Business |
Art Fong IBM, Business |
| Jay Bolus McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry (MBDC), Business |
Andy Chen, John Frazier Nike, Business |
| Pam Eliasen Lowell Center for Sustainable Production (LCSP), NGO |
Eric Harrington, Teresa McGrath, Nancy Linde NSF International, NGO |
| Lauren Heine, consulting Co-Director Clean Production Action, NGO |
Ken Soltys Pure Strategies, Business |
| Dennis McGavis Shaw Industries, Business |
Dele Ogunseitan University of California - Urvine, Academia |
| Julie Schoenung University of California - Davis, Academia |
Cal Baier-Anderson, Libby Sommer US Environmental Protection Agency, Design for the Environment, Government |
| Alex Stone Washington State Department of Ecology, Government |
Margaret Whittaker ToxServices, Business |
Last updated December 2011
GreenScreen™ Steering Committee
Facilitated by Clean Production Action (NGO): Lauren Heine, Mark Rossi, Shari Franjevic Members include:
| Joyce Taylor, Cory Robertson, Helen Holder, Curtis Wray Hewlett Packard, Business |
Liaison to Steering Committee: Libby Sommer, Cal Baier-Anderson US Environmental Protection Agency, Design for the Environment, Government |
| Art Fong IBM, Business |
Troy Virgo Shaw Industries, Business |
| Pam Eliasen, Ken Geiser, Monica Becker Lowell Center for Sustainable Production; University of Massachusetts Lowell; Toxics Use Reduction Institute, NGO, University |
Fredric Petit DSM, Business |
| Jen Sass Natural Resources Defense Council, NGO |
Anna Lennquist, Jerker Lighart ChemSec, NGO |
| Megan Schwarzman University of California Center for Occupational and Environmental Health; Berkeley Center for Green Chemistry, University |
Ben Bowers VF Corporation, Business |
