ACCA skeptics ask EPA: Why do we need to replace those CFCs, anyway?(Air Conditioning Contractors of America, chlorofluorocarbons)
Air Conditioning, Heating & Refrigeration News, April, 1997 by Moretti, Nick
Presentations made by EPA members at an annual Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) meeting addressed skepticism among ACCA contractors regarding the Jan 1., 1996 EPA-mandated phase-out of chlorofluorocarbons (CFC). Scientific evidence cited by EPA experts suggests a correlation between the introduction of CFCs in refrigerants and other products in the 1970s to the destruction of the ozone. Also discussed at the meeting was the necessity of phasing out CFCs in developing countries and prohibiting the manufacture of products using hydrochlorofluorocarbons.
LOS ANGELES -- When the Environment Protection Agency (EPA) and other worldwide environmental authorities said that CFCs were helping to cause a hole in the ozone layer, there was still a fair share of...
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