“Green Chemistry: Solutions for a Healthy Economy” is the them of the 2008 Rachel Carson Legacy Conference on September 20 at Duquesne University in Pittsburgh sponsored by the Rachel Carson Homestead Association in partnership with a consortium of universities in the Pittsburgh area.

The conference will address several key topics: Environment and Health Connections- The Green Chemistry Solution; Innovations in Products and Processes; Design for Non-toxic Results; and Business Strategies: Risk, investment and insurance.

Pittsburgh enjoys a rare convergence of expertise in health, environmental and medical research; academic excellence in chemistry including green chemistry, and multiple industrial research and applications companies.

The Conference is an opportunity to focus the collective wisdom of all three disciplines –academic research, business, and health- on designing products, processes and activities that are benign to health and the environment. Innovations in green chemistry can be part of defining Pittsburgh as an icon of a prosperous city with a powerful green dimension to its economy.

Working Group Roundtables will allow conference participants to develop recommendations for further actions on the topic of implementing green chemistry principles.

The conference is the result of collaboration among several universities:

Duquesne University; Carnegie Mellon University; Chatham University; The University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute Center for Environmental Oncology, the Mascaro Sustainability Initiative, and the Department of Geology and Planetary Science Environmental Studies Program; La Roche College; Robert Morris University; and Carlow University; The Pittsburgh Technology Council, and Sustainable Pittsburgh.

For more information, visit the “Green Chemistry: Solutions for a Healthy Economy” webpage.

8/1/2008