Thomas calls stratospheric ozone depletion rate alarming; urges CFC, halon phaseout

Journal Article · Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1988 · JAPCA, Int, J. Air Pollut. Control Waste Manage.; (United States)

OSTI ID:5992496

US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee M. Thomas on September 28 called for even greater efforts in halting the depletion of stratospheric ozone by asking all nations to ratify the Montreal Protocol and then move toward a complete phaseout of ozone-depleting chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and halons. We must go further than a 50-percent reduction in these chemicals in order to stabilize ozone levels. The Protocol has been signed by 45 nations, but still needs ratification by the European nations and the European Economic Community in order to enter into force next January. It is increasingly clear that we as a global environmental community must use the Protocol to go even further to eliminate these chemicals which damage the stratospheric-ozone layer and threaten our future.

• OSTI ID: 5992496
• Journal Information: JAPCA, Int, J. Air Pollut. Control Waste Manage.; (United States), Vol. 38:11
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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