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...Severe restrictions on the use of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which damage the atmosphere by destroying the stratospheric ozone layer that shields the earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation...
Under the new law, anyone performing repair service on air conditioners and refrigerators that use CFCs is required to recover and recycle the harmful chemicals. It also bans the use of ozone-damaging halons in fire extinguishers, and phases out all use of other harmful substances...
...CFCs, used as refrigerants and solvents, are believed to be destroying the planet's ozone layer, and President Bush has joined in a worldwide call for a sharp cut in their use. But by refusing to supply additional funds to help Third World countries switch to substitutes, the U.S. would make reductions difficult. The White House argues that the money should come from existing World Bank funds and not from new contributions -- but also admits that the World Bank does not have the extra money available...
...kitchen of her Ellicott City, Md., home early last year. "I was basically a PTA volunteer," says Draper, until the day a General Electric repairman came to install a new compressor in her refrigerator. He asked her to open the window, and then she heard the whooshing sound of CFCs venting into the atmosphere. Draper raised such a fuss with the Environmental Protection Agency, the newspapers and local and state officials that GE agreed to offset the CFC discharges in its compressor- replacement program by recapturing an equal amount elsewhere in its operations. Draper has since stalked the halls...
...complete ban by the end of the century. The task now is to translate that understanding into a formal treaty, which should include all nations, especially the Soviet Union and East European countries. In the meantime, plastic-foam manufacturers in the U.S. say they will stop using CFCs in their products, and Vermont has decreed that the chemicals must be eliminated from auto air-conditioners in new cars sold in the state after 1993. Major CFC suppliers like Du Pont are developing substitutes that are much less harmful to the ozone...