The Green Chemistry Initiative Blog

By Sarah Liu, Undergraduate, Member-at-Large for the GCI at the University of Toronto

Figure 1. Oral admisnitration of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) .

By Kira Boutilier-Young, Graduate student, Member-at-Large for the GCI at the University of Toronto

One of the most promising areas of focus in the development of the green chemistry field is the design stage. Whether it be the starting materials of a synthesis or byproducts of a reaction, there are many steps in the production process that can generate tox...

By Peter Liu, Graduate student, Executive Member for the GCI at the University of Toronto

“Forever chemical” has become a buzzword around the scientific community and the public in recent years. It is used to describe a class of materials called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). This classification includes most molecules that contain multiple flu...