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This course offers a holistic framework for evaluating the efficacy, chemical transformations, and environmental footprint of manufactured chemicals. Applications range from consumer products and reactor ingredients to pesticides and other chemicals intentionally added to farmlands and other environmental media. Analytical chemistry is a central feature of this course. Analytical instrumentation enables product purity to be tested, offers the means of monitoring reaction pathways and rates, and makes it possible to track dispersion and ultimate fate. Also offered as EN.570.453 for undergraduates.