Tarczykowska Agata. Green solvents. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2017;7(9):224-232. eISSN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.893346 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/4831 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/831625 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part B item 1223 (26.01.2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eISSN 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2017; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 15.08.2017. Revised: 10.09.2017. Accepted: 10.09.2017. Green solvents Agata Tarczykowska1 1 Katedra i Zakład Chemii Leków, Wydział Farmaceutyczny, Collegium Medicum w Bydgoszczy, Uniwersytet Mikołaja Kopernika w Toruniu, ul. dr. A. Jurasza 2, 85-089 Bydgoszcz Abstract Prolonged exposure to solvents has a harmful impact on all living organisms, damaging most organs. Reducing the use of solvents or replacing them with less toxic ones, are two of the most important ambitions of green chemistry. Water, supercritical fluids, ionic liquids, non-toxic liquid polymers and their varied combinations are part of the class of green solvents. They are characterized by low toxicity, convenient accessibility and possibility of reuse as well as great efficiency. Key words: green solvents, green chemistry, catalysts, environment