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Wildflowers.The goal of the Sustainable Futures Initiative (SF) is to make new chemicals safer, available faster, and at lower cost. It works by giving chemical developers the same risk-screening models that EPA uses to evaluate new chemicals before they enter the market.

Using these computer-based models, companies can identify potentially risky chemicals early in the development process and reduce risk by finding safer substitutes and/or processes before submitting them to the EPA. Also, the companies that take training and graduate from Sustainable Futures become eligible for an expedited EPA review of their pre-screened chemicals.

Basic Information

Training

Four Steps to Graduation

Benefits to Sustainable Futures Graduates

 Models & Methods

Importance & Sources of Measured Data

Publications

Frequent Questions

Related Links
Highlights

Read about Sustainable Futures’ January 2007 – June 2008 accomplishments.

Training Transitioning to Fee-for-Service - Training and follow-up assistance will be offered on a fee-for-service basis by Agency grantees that have worked closely with EPA on the Sustainable Futures Initiative.

Analog Identification Methodology (AIM) - EPA is currently developing AIM to identify close analogs that have measured data; it is expected to be released in 2008.

OncoLogic™ - EPA's computer model to estimate a chemical's potential to cause cancer is now publicly available.

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