More on Working to Prevent Pollution Sustainable Futures, a
partnership among OPPT, the chemical industry, and other
stakeholders, offers computerized chemical screening models that
enable those developing chemicals to quickly and cost
effectively screen them for hazards and/or risks early in the
development process. Because Sustainable Futures also enables
comparing and contrasting hazard and risk profiles of chemicals
and processes, participation in the program can allow companies
to more quickly commercialize environmentally preferable new
chemical products and identify safer alternatives for existing
chemical products. Training and follow-up assistance in the
proper use of these screening models is offered now on a fee-
for-service basis by Agency grantees that have worked closely
with EPA on the Sustainable Futures Initiative. - Interest
continues in Sustainable Futures with more than 80 people,
including representatives of 30 chemical companies, taking
training during 2007 in the use, interpretation and