Principle #2 best relates to our project question and reading. Design safer chemicals and products: Design chemical products to be fully effective, yet have little or no toxicity. (ww.epa.gov/greenchemistry)

This relates to our research question because we are trying to find safer alternatives to the toxic food additives in our everyday products.

This relates to the reading in Cradle to Cradle because it talks about producing materials that can be reused without creating byproducts that may be harmful to our environment.