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Article: Say Du Pont addressing nylon effect on ozone. (Paul Gillease, vice-president and general manager of Du Pont Textiles answers scientific report stating nitrous oxide contributes to global warming and ozone depletion)
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- Daily News Record
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- March 20, 1991
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SAY DU PONT ADDRESSING NYLON EFFECT ON OZONE NEW YORK -- Wearers --or, for that matter, weavers, knitters and dyers -- of nylon fabric shouldn't be concerned about how nylon production affects the atmosphere. Neither should they be concerned that a byproduct will cause them to laugh hysterically, like Steve Martin in Little Shop of Horrors, according to a leading fiber executive.
Paul Gillease, vice-president and general manager of Du Pont Textiles, the leading U.S. producer of nylon fiber, addressed a recent report from scientists that nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, is emitted into the atmosphere during the manufacture of adipic acid, a raw ...