This tutorial review presents an overview of the main metrics that have been used to test and
compare the 'greenness' of processes and products, primarily in the pharmaceutical …

Since the inception of inherent safety in the 1970s, impressive progress has been made in
using it to shape Friendlier Chemical Processes (FCP) which are largely characterized by …

During chemical process development, potential safety, health, and environmental (SHE)
hazards must be identified, analyzed, and managed as early as possible to avoid negative …

Inherent safety is a proactive approach for loss prevention and risk management.
Considering the lifetime costs of a process and its operation, an inherent safety approach …

In recent years there has been an increased effort to develop inherently safer chemical
processes, focusing on changing the process to eliminate hazards, rather than accepting the …

An inherently safer approach is becoming a key parameter of process and plant design.
However, a lack of established guidelines and methods hinders most industries from …

Occupational health studies the interaction of work and health, especially the long-term
effect of chemicals to health. In this paper an Inherent Occupational Health Index has been …

The growing awareness to advance new ways to transform renewable materials for
producing clean fuels, under technical and sustainable viability, is evident. In this regard …

Inherent safety has been recognized as a design approach useful to remove hazards or
reduce hazards at the source instead of controlling them with add-on protective barriers …

The search for cheaper feedstock for use in the production of biofuels such as biodiesel has
turned attention to various forms of waste products including animal fats, waste oils and now …