Sentences with phrase «other ozone depleting chemicals»

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Bengal has eve left out CGCs and other ozone - depleting chemicals, making this a product you can feel good about buying.

As Secretary of State under President Ronald Reagan, George Shultz helped negotiate the most successful global environmental treaty to date: the Montreal Protocol, which phased out the use of chlorofluorocarbons and other ozone - depleting chemicals.

Scientists at NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, as well as other international agencies constantly monitor the stratospheric ozone layer and the levels of ozone - depleting chemicals at Earth's surface.

The stratospheric ozone layer has become substantially depleted throughout much of the globe since the 1980s because of enhanced human production and use of ozone - depleting chemicals, such as chlorofluorocarbons, halons, and others, during the 20th century.

We legislated marriage equity, pioneered universal health care, invented Greenpeace, and hosted the Montreal Protocol conference that led to the eventual banning of CFCs and other ozone - depleting chemicals.

HFCs are a class of chemicals developed as industry looked for ways to reduce ozone - depleting substances in refrigerants and other applications.

A divided three - judge panel of the court eviscerated the critical «Safe Alternatives» program that Congress adopted in the 1990 Clean Air Act to ensure the health and environmental safety of chemicals that replace chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and other ozone - depleting chemicals in air conditioning, refrigeration, and many other applications.

Bromine, the ozone - depleting element found in methyl bromide, is nearly 60 times more effective at destroying ozone than the chlorine found in CFCs.9 This means that even though its atmospheric lifetime is quite short (a little over a year) 31, the immediate impact of changes in methyl bromide emissions on the ozone layer is very high compared to other chemicals.