The ozone hole over Antarctica is the seventh smallest it’s been since the early 1990s. Recovery began with the Montreal Protocol, which ended the production of all chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs ...
By the 1970s, CFC-powered aerosol cans ... and Mario Molina's research linked CFCs to the depletion of Earth's ozone layer. Initially utilized for their stability and nontoxic properties, CFCs ...
Chemicals called chlorofluorocarbons, which are made up of chlorine, fluorine and carbon atoms, are the biggest culprit in ozone depletion. More commonly known as CFCs, they can be found in ...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) claims, based on climate change models, that there is a connection between climate change, ozone in outdoor air, and health effects, including asthma.