The chemicals that helped save the ozone layer may be quietly seeding the planet with an indestructible pollutant.

An international research team led by the University of Bremen has detected chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) in Earth's atmosphere ...

Concentrations of a forever chemical known as TFA is increasing in rainwater, drinking water, soil and plants.

A new study reveals that chemicals used to replace ozone-damaging CFCs are now driving a surge in a persistent “forever ...

THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE (WHTM) — On September 25, 1974, Professors Mario Molina and F. Sherwood Rowland published a paper in the science journal Nature which would lead to widespread bans of chemicals to ...

Inhalers containing chlorofluorocarbons, or CFCs, will be phased out by the end of the year to comply with international treaties intended to protect the the ozone layer. The U.S. Food and Drug ...

RIO DE JANEIRO: Scientists hope by 2005 to launch alternatives to two chemicals used as replacements for ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gases but which themselves contribute to climate ...

More ozone-depleting chemicals than previously thought are leaking out of old air conditioners and plastic foam, an international team of scientists reports (Nat. Commun. 2020, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020 ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. CFCs are molecules made up of carbon atoms linked to chlorine and fluorine atoms, halogen ...