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the cfcs
initialism
Chlorofluorocarbon
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When the U.S. joined other nations in signing the Montreal protocol to protect the ozone layer by phasing out use of chlorofluorochemicals (CFCs), the CFCS were universally used in cooling systems.
Or the CFCs required to maintain all that poodle hair?
"The root cause is the residual products from the CFCs that were released throughout the 20th century," she said.
It is chlorine from the CFCs that ultimately destroys ozone, upsetting what is normally a balanced system of ozone creation and decay.
But it was relatively easy to find a substitute for the CFCs – then widely used for refrigeration – that were causing ozone depletion, Shanklin pointed out, and that in turn made it fairly straightforward to establish the Montreal protocol.
"The CFCs we put up there will take a long time to dissipate and it will probably take us well into the second half of the century before the ozone layer recovers fully".
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Du Pont got out of the CFC business.
These tools encouraged the CFC to shift its focus from abuse of market power to collusion.
The CFC should be clear about its facts before it accuses others of making erroneous claims".
The CFC found that flights to and from Mexico City were between 40 % and 80 dearer than those to less strangled airports.
The CFC recommends letting Mr Slim compete in television once he has relaxed his hold on the phone business.
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