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The phrase "a safer substitute" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when discussing alternatives that provide a lower risk or are less harmful than the original option.
Example: "In the kitchen, using olive oil as a safer substitute for butter can lead to healthier meals."
Alternatives: "a more secure alternative" or "a less risky option".
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A safer substitute for etching copper plates is ferric chloride (iron perchloride).
Some companies, like Clorox, have been exemplary in reducing risks by phasing out chlorine gas with a safer substitute.
In addition, says Winn, "We're trying to urge the chemical community to establish a safer substitute".
When BP said it couldn't find a safer substitute, EPA began to test eight of the 14 dispersants that it had previously approved for oil spills.
Nutt believes society should focus more on reducing harm from drugs; among his own projects is a safer substitute for alcohol, which he considers one of the most dangerous drugs around.
Undaunted, Nutt has vowed to carry on research into a safer substitute for alcohol.
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I miss estrogen, and I've yet to find a safe substitute.
Probably, Soleimanpour muses, they've opted for a safe substitute like sugar.
But if breast-feeding is not possible or desired by the mother, iron-fortified infant formula is a safe substitute.
But at the urging of medical specialists, the United Nations in 2000 rightly exempted DDT for use in malaria, saying that it should be banned only when a safe substitute is found.
Dr. Robert G. Newman, who pioneered methadone maintenance as a safe substitute for heroin and struggled to redefine addiction as a chronic medical condition that cannot be cured, died on Aug. 1 in Manhattan.
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