Several tools and approaches are employed to design safer chemicals:
- Computational Toxicology: Uses computer models to predict the toxicity of substances before they are synthesized. - High-Throughput Screening: Allows rapid testing of numerous compounds to identify potentially hazardous ones. - Structure-Activity Relationship (SAR): Helps predict the toxicological profile based on chemical structure. - Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): Evaluates the environmental impact of a chemical from production to disposal.
