Environmental impact of green chemistry in developing economies

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Dushyant Shukla, kathanthegreat@yahoo.com, Vishwabharati Bhavan, Bhaikaka Nagar, Shri M N Shukla College Of Education, Vishwabharati Bhavan, Bhaikaka Nagar, Thaltej, Ahmedabad, Ahmedabad, India, 59, India, Alka Shukla, shukla_1998@yahoo.com, Chemistry Department, Southeast College, 6815 Rustic, Houston, TX 77270, Bin Wang, bin.wang@lamar.edu, Department of Chemical Engineering, Lamar University, PO Box 10053, Beaumont, TX 77710, Mohammad Musaddaq, mohammad_musaddaq@hotmail.com, Chemistry, Lamar University, Box 10022, Beaumont, 77710, and Shyam Shukla, shyam.shukla@lamar.edu, Chemistry Department, Lamar University, Beaumont, TX 77710.
Environmental degradation can cause havoc all over the world, and solutions to the problem do not seem to come to reality soon. The degradation does not come solely from industry; educational institutions might also be involved. Colleges may not have enough resources (material and methods) to perform environmentally-friendly experiments and, most crucially, students do not learn to develop environmentally-friendly knowledge, and the problem perpetuates. At Lamar, we have a green chemistry program which has international goals to develop material to inform/train teachers and students in the concepts of green chemistry.
 

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