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When the Government cracked down on the use of chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons in aerosol sprays three years ago, a major row erupted. Some scientists welcomed the ban, contending that the synthetic compounds-like Freon -were destroying the earth's ozone layer, a shield against the sun's ultraviolet rays. They warned that loss of ozone could cause more cancer and perhaps alter the weather. Other scientists pooh-poohed such doomsday scenarios as unproved...
...floor by her hair and clamps a pillow to her face. Using the threat of suffocation, Raul systematically degrades Marjorie: "Touch my hair. My mouth. My neck . . . Now touch me down there and say you wanna make love!" At the last moment, she makes a desperate lunge for an aerosol can and sprays it in Raul's eyes...
Scientists traditionally conclude with suggestions for further research, and doomsayers with a list of ways to avoid the bad time ("The aerosol can must be banned, the United Nations must produce eight billion condoms"). Perhaps there is some way out--solar energy, if it is developed quickly despite the neglect of our government, might buy us one more decade to face our troubles. But technological gadgetry is not enough to solve the human failings that have placed us in this predicament; maybe nothing is enough. Maybe there's just personal salvation: in a life spent trying, a life spent setting...
...aerosol paint can is science's contribution to the ancient art of public defacement, and the vacant-minded or vicious are taking to it in ever-increasing numbers-gleefully spraying their names, initials, class numerals and favorite biological functions over national monuments and natural wonders. The taxpayers' bill for cleaning up after them is getting higher all the time...
Protesters with aerosol cans had sprayed Stonehenge dark...