The Role of Green Chemistry in Controlling Environment and Ocean Pollution
Abstract
Green Chemistry is defined as environmentally benign chemistry. As on today, pollution to the environment is caused by numerous chemical industries. Attempts have been made to design synthesis for manufacturing processes in such way that the waste products are minimum, they have no effect on the environment and their disposal is convenient. The quality of life on earth became much better due to the discovery of dyes, plastics, cosmetics and other material. Soon the ill effects [1] of chemistry also became pronounced main among them being the pollution of land , water and atmosphere. This is caused mainly due to the effects of by- products of chemical industries which are being discharged into the air, rivers/ oceans and the land.
The use of toxic reactants and reagent also make the situation worse. To minimize the pollution beginning of Green Chemistry by the middle of 20th century. These toxic substance cause harms to both territorial and aquatic life. Longed live gases such as carbon dioxide, sulphar dioxide and nitrogen oxide gets dissolved in ocean water causing its acidification. Green Chemistry aims to minimize or eliminate the formation of harmful bio products and to maximize the desired products in an environmental friendly way. The three main developments in green chemistry include the use of super critical carbon dioxide, water as green solvent, aqueous hydrogen peroxide highlight on applying green chemistry to day to day life in order to control environmental and ocean pollution.