Kinjal Bhatt and Ina Varfaj call AI a chromatography equalizer only if training and access keep pace, framing the risk as implementation, not technology.
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Earth Day 2026: Sustainable Solvent Choices
Author(s)Elia Psillakis, Alasdair Matheson
Elia Psillakis challenges the assumption that bio-based solvents are always greener, urging labs to adopt evidence based choices over simple origin claims.
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LCGC International spoke to Elia Psillakis of the Technical University of Crete about GreenSOL, the first solvent selection guide developed specifically for analytical chemistry, and what it reveals about the often‑hidden environmental trade‑offs embedded in everyday laboratory practice.1,2
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