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Solvents account for more than 80% of the waste generated during pharmaceutical manufacture, but their use remains largely governed by precedent and familiarity rather than by considerations of sustainability or safety.
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cen.acs.org
Despite safer options, chemists choose hazardous solvents
Standard conditions can bias established solvents, analysis of patent data from 1976 to 2016 shows
