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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite strong anti-CFC laws in the U.S. and Canada, many countries . continued to allow the compound to be used as a propellant in aerosol products and as a cooling agent in refrigerators, air conditioners and other appliances. Finally, last week representatives of 31 nations, including Britain, West Germany and the Soviet Union, agreed that by 1992 they would cut back on their production of chlorofluorocarbons by 20%. Mostafa Tolba, executive director of the U.N. Environment Program, felt the agreement did not go far enough. He warned, "If we mess up this planet, we can't go and look...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: United Nations: A Safer Zone For the Ozone | 5/11/1987 | See Source »

...found another hole. Centered over Spitsbergen, Norway, 700 miles from the North Pole, it is one-third the size of the Antarctic hole. Heath claims the region's ozone loss has been 1.5% a year for the past six years and says this location fits models of CFC-caused loss...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: What Is Destroying the Ozone? | 11/3/1986 | See Source »

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