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Article: THE ALARMISTS ARE WRONG; CFCS DO DAMAGE THE EARTH'S OZONE LAYER.(LIFE & LEISURE)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- November 4, 1994
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Byline: Consumer Reports
Last May, Consumer Reports explained how the air-conditioners in older cars use a refrigerant known as R-12, one of the chloro 4fluorocarbons, knowns as CFCs, banned by international agreement because they have been blamed for depleting the earth's protective ozone layer.
Some readers reacted with skepticism, saying it has never been proven only theorized that chlorofluorocarbons damage the ozone layer.
Another reader argued that since CFCs are heavier than air, they can't rise into the atmosphere, and questioned whether chlorine from CFCs could cause damage to the ozone, noting that the earth's oceans release so ...