UC Berkley has introduced ethics into the Chemistry Department. Students are taught about chemical toxicity from day one and learn that their are ethical and unethical ways to make money out of chemistry.
How many years has ity taken for mankind to wake up to the fact that through chemistry we have been polluting the environment and making the earth a poorer habitat for all to live in. Starting with coal carbonisation, gas manufacture and iron and steel production of the industrial revolution to modern petrochemical and pharmaceuticals we are still catching up with the fact that hundreds if not thousands of chemicals in everday use are toxic and cause many of the diseases to which modern life is subject. Many cancers are caused by chemicals in commercial and industrial products. From food additives to childfrens toys chemicals are all around us. Welcome in the new age in ethical chemical production. It is a hope for the future.
Green chemistry in the lab and beyond
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