Ozone

Journal Article · Wed Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1988 · Compressed Air; (United States)

OSTI ID:7166150

The author discusses the debate over whether concern about a hole in the ozone layer in Antarctic is real or science fiction. There is a growing consensus that efforts must be taken to protect the ozone layer. The issue now is not whether chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) should be controlled and regulated but how much and how soon. The United States has urged that the production of dangerous CFCs, and any other chemicals that affect the ozone layer, be restricted immediately to current levels and that their use be reduced 95 percent over the next decade. The American position was too strong for many European nations and the Japanese. Negotiations at an international conference on the matter broke down. The breakdown is due in part to a more acute concern for environmental matters in the United States than exists in many countries. Meanwhile CFCs are linked to another environmental problem that equally threatens the world - the Greenhouse Effect. The earth is in a natural warming period, but man could be causing it to become even warmer. The Greenhouse Effect could have a catastrophic impact on mankind, although nothing has been proven yet.

• OSTI ID: 7166150
• Journal Information: Compressed Air; (United States), Vol. 93:6
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
EARTH PLANET
GREENHOUSE EFFECT
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
ORGANIC FLUORINE COMPOUNDS
OZONE LAYER
DAMAGE
AIR POLLUTION CONTROL
ANTARCTIC REGIONS
ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY
CLIMATES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
LOSSES
OZONE
POLLUTANTS
REVIEWS
STRATOSPHERE
CHEMISTRY
CONTROL
DOCUMENT TYPES
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
LAYERS
MASS TRANSFER
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANETS
POLAR REGIONS
POLLUTION CONTROL
500200* - Environment
Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)