Forum Standing Committee Working Groups
Substitution and Alternatives
Case studies and examples
Accessing case studies and examples
by categories of chemicals:
PVC
- Lowell Center for Sustainable Production
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Cutting Out Phthalates
C&EN: Chemicals and Engineering News -
PVC Products and non-PVC alternatives
This website was created by representatives of environmental health groups including Clean Production Action, the Healthy Building Network, and the Center for Health, Environment and Justice - all based in the USA -
A Review of the Availability of Plastic Substitutes for Soft PVC in Toys
By Joel Tickner, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, USA February 1999 -
PVC-free Medical products
Health Care Without Harm -
Economics of Phasing Out PVC
by F. Ackerman and R. Massey of Tufts University (2003)
This analysis of past models and current predictions of the phase out costs and benefits to workers and manufacturers of PVC-free alternatives -
healthy homes - healthy communities - the healthy habitat: a report -
The Healthy Habitat: A project of Greenpeace and the Healthy Building Network -
Clean Car Campaign
Many car manufacturers are phasing out PVC use. Find out which companies are moving to safer materials. -
Healthy Business Strategies for Transforming the Toxic Chemical Economy
A Clean Production Action Report -
The SubChem project
Sustainable substitution of hazardous chemicals
Program of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)