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Environment & Energy

hunter

(38,311 posts)

4. The strange thing is that for most uses there are less expensive alternatives.

Reply to Cattledog (Original post)

Wed May 16, 2018, 07:54 PM

May 2018

The only reason these chemicals became so common is that they were pushed hard by U.S. manufacturers as the best thing since apple pie.

See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_F._Kettering

Yep, the same guy who gave us leaded gasoline.

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Someone, somewhere, is making a banned chemical that destroys the ozone layer, scientists suspect. [View all] Cattledog May 2018 OP

Russia wants global warming- to drill and ship in the Arctic and have more arable land. bettyellen May 2018 #1

It'll turn out to be China PJMcK May 2018 #2

China has no effective rule of law and no doubt unscrupulous busnesses are buying this stuff diane in sf May 2018 #3

And from your ethically and morally superior position, your supposition that they do so for what... NNadir May 2018 #5

The strange thing is that for most uses there are less expensive alternatives. hunter May 2018 #4