Sentences with phrase «eliminating chlorofluorocarbons»
It found this month significant progress in just four: eliminating chlorofluorocarbons that punched a hole in the Earth's protective ozone layer; the removal of lead from gasoline that caused human health problems; improved access to clean water; and boosting research to reduce ocean pollution.
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HFC's are cousins to chlorofluorocarbons (CFC's) and hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFC's), two other classes of refrigerants which are being eliminated under the Montreal Protocol, a 21 - year old treaty signed by 195 nations to control the gases that opened up a hole in the earth - protecting ozone layer of the atmosphere.
In many ways, it is patterned after the 1987 Montreal Protocol, which limited and eventually eliminated the emission of chlorofluorocarbons (known as CFCs, or «Freons») in order «to save the ozone layer.»