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The next leap in our knowledge of ozone chemistry was in 1974, when Mario Molina and Sherwood Rowland published their widely noted Nature article on the threat to the ozone layer from chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gases - "freons" - used in spray bottles, as the cooling medium in refrigerators and elsewhere and plastic foams.
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These gases, commonly referred to as freons, can damage the ozone layer.
Kitchen/Bath Industry Show Product Preview: Vinotemp Eco-Series wine chillers 2008
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These gases, commonly referred to as freons, can damage the ozone layer.
Kitchen/Bath Industry Show Product Preview: Vinotemp Eco-Series wine chillers 2008
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The dismantling of appliances in the Untha system takes place in a vacuum so that the gases, commonly known as freons, CFCs or chlorofluorocarbons, cannot escape into the atmosphere.
NYT > Home Page By ANNE EISENBERG 2011
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Previous researches have suggested that modern fridges emit greenhouse gases called freons and as a result damage the environment.
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Previous researches have suggested that modern fridges emit greenhouse gases called freons and as a result damage the environment.
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They work by compressing and expanding man-made greenhouse gases called freons - far more damaging that carbon dioxide - and are being manufactured in increasing numbers.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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Previous researches have suggested that modern fridges emit greenhouse gases called freons and as a result damage the environment.
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They work by compressing and expanding man-made greenhouse gases called freons - far more damaging that carbon dioxide - and are being manufactured in increasing numbers.
xml's Blinklist.com 2008
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Previous researches have suggested that modern fridges emit greenhouse gases called freons and as a result damage the environment.
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