>It's Friday so the "well-documented threat" must be a >joke. Not at all. Check out the epa web pages if you don't beleive. Of course, if you don't beleive the government either, then I guess that won't convince you. Still, the mechanism by which CFC's cause the breakdown of ozone in the upper atmosphere (where it blocks ultraviolet light, thus preventing many cases of skin cancer, cataracts, etc) is quite well understood. The link between CFC's and ozone destruction is about as strong as the link between smoking an cancer. Course, some people don't beleive that either... Joshua Van Tol -- jjvantol@uswest.net |
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