OZonE layer
Title: OZonE layer
Category: /Science & Technology
Details: Words: 862 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
OZonE layer
Category: /Science & Technology
Details: Words: 862 | Pages: 3 (approximately 235 words/page)
Society has been widely addressed with the many problems that we are
having in our environment today. A major problem is that of CFCs. CFC
stands for Chlorofluorocarbons which are found in many of the aerosol spray
cans. In December of 1973, Rowland and Molina discovered that CFCs can
destroy the ozone in the stratosphere.
In June 1975, the Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC) sued the
Consumers Product Safety Commission for a band of CFCs used in
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