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Safer Chemicals in Building Products: How to Get LEED Credit! Webinar

The Materials & Resource section of the U.S. Green Building Council’s new LEED v4 standard proposes dramatic changes in how building products are considered for incorporation into LEED projects. The focus has expanded from single-attribute… …

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The Health Product Declaration Webinar

Eden Brukman of the Health Product Declaration Collaborative, is a highly regarded instigator of actions for ecological accord. Since 1996, Eden has focused on establishing socially and environmentally responsible solutions for human habitat –… …

Children’s Safe Product Act Webinar

Joshua Grice, Toxics Research Analyst for the Washington State Department of Ecology, discusses recent findings on chemicals found in a variety of children's products. …

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Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse Guidance Document

On January 8, 2014, the Interstate Chemicals Clearinghouse (IC2) and participating states announced the release of the IC2 Alternatives Assessment Guide (Guide). The Guide is the product of 20 months of effort by IC2's members. …

Introducing ChemView: US EPA’s New Megasource of Chemical Data Webinar

A tour of the US EPA's new chemical database. …

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BizNGO 2013 Conference - 8th Annual Meeting

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GreenScreen® Guidance and Resources

GreenScreen® for Safer Chemicals is a method for comparative Chemical Hazard Assessment (CHA) that can be used for identifying chemicals of high concern and safer alternatives. It is used by industry, government and NGOs to support product design… …

Green Chemistry and Commerce Council

The Business and Academic Partnership Project Group of the GC3 developed and piloted a new type of collaboration between companies and universities to evaluate safer alternatives to toxic chemicals using GreenScreen. The goal was to generate robust… …

State of Maine

The State of Maine, USA unanimously adopted proposed regulations in February 2010 to protect the health of children by ensuring that chemicals of high concern in consumer products are replaced with safer alternatives.  GreenScreen™ is… …

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Commons Principles for Alternatives Assessment

Addressing Chemicals of Concern to Human Health or the Environment Alternatives Assessment is a process for identifying, comparing and selecting safer alternatives to chemicals of concern (including those in materials, processes or technologies) on… …