cfc-11, freon, ozone layer

China Slams Report Blaming Country for Increasing CFC Emissions

Beijing has denied being responsible for the rapid increase in global emissions of CFC-11, a chlorofluorocarbon that is known to damage the ozone layer. During the Montreal Protocol in 1987, multiple nations agreed to phase out CFC emissions to protect the ozone layer and prevent climate aberrations. However, a recent report in the magazine Nature ...

Max Lu

Banned Ozone-Destroying Chemical Increasingly Used in China

When scientists recently discovered a surge in the use of CFC-11, an ozone-destroying chemical, they were perplexed. Since the chemical was banned, its increased use did not make any sense. The researchers then discovered that the chemical was being used widely in China. The source CFC-11, also known as freon-11, is a chemical that was ...

Max Lu

Heavy pollution in China.