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™ v 1.2 Hazard Criteria
There are 18 hazard endpoints addressed by GreenScreen™ Hazard Criteria:
| 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) |
Click here to download the GreenScreen™ hazard criteria (.pdf, 115KB)
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)
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 (.doc, 188KB)
GreenScreen™ Supporting Lists and Information Sources
The GreenScreen™ method includes GreenScreen™ Specified Lists and supporting resources to facilitate ease of use. 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.
Click here to download the GreenScreen™ List Definitions (.pdf, 12KB)
Click here to download the GreenScreen™ List Translator for Benchmark 1 Chemicals aka "Red List" (.pdf, 24KB)
Click here to download the GreenScreen™ List Translator for Possible Benchmark 1 Chemicals (.pdf, 15KB)
Click here for the GreenScreen™ v 1.2 Specified Lists (.pdf, 33KB)
Click here for the GreenScreen™ v 1.2 Information Sources (.pdf, 12KB)
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)
Example GreenScreen™ Assessments
It is helpful to see what a full GreenScreen™ assessment looks like. Please download example assessments based on GreenScreen v 1.2.
Click here for the example GreenScreen™ v 1.2 assessment of 108-05-4 Vinyl Acetate (.pdf, 213KB)
Click here for the example GreenScreen™ v 1.2 assessment of 723-14-0 Red Phosphorus (.pdf, 225KB)
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 |
Libby Sommer, Cal Baier-Anderson US Environmental Protection Agency, Design for the Environment, Government |
| Art Fong IBM, Business |
Dennis McGavis 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 Engineering Plastics, 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 |
