Aims
GreenFacts' primary function is to provide summaries of scientific consensus reports on environment and health issues (such as climate change and tobacco). GreenFacts' aim is to rewrite these highly technical, scientific publications into something more easily understood by lay readers. The summaries are subjected to a review by experts in that field for faithfulness to the original document. The peer review process is overseen by GreenFacts' Scientific Board composed of independent scientists. After peer-review, the summaries are published in English on the organization's website. Most summaries are translated into French and Spanish, and a growing number into German and/or Dutch. GreenFacts also publishes and widely distributes paper versions of some of its shorter summaries. Some of these paper summaries were also translated into Chinese, Russian or Arabic.
GreenFacts states that one of its missions is to foster dialogue between environmentalists, industry and others by providing accessible and neutral information.
An article published by the European Commission writes that GreenFacts "recognised that progress in health and the environment would need to come from 'dialogue and co-operation, rather than activism and confrontation'."
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