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Request for assistance in preventing death from excessive exposure to chlorofluorocarbon 113 (CFC-113). by National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.(CARDINAL)142572;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Chlorofluorocarbons; Chlorofluorocarbons; Industrial toxicology;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Automobile air conditioners and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). by North Carolina.Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance.(CARDINAL)304512;
Subjects: Automobiles; Chlorofluorocarbons;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
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Refrigerant management : the recovery, recyling, and reclaiming of CFC's / by Langley, Billy C.,1931-(CARDINAL)511528;
Subjects: Air conditioning.; Chlorofluorocarbons; Chlorofluorocarbons; Refrigerants; Refrigerants; Refrigeration and refrigerating machinery.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The holes in the ozone scare : the scientific evidence that the sky isn't falling / by Maduro, Rogelio.(CARDINAL)682066; Schauerhammer, Ralf.(CARDINAL)363449;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Chlorofluorocarbons; Environmentalists.; Ozone layer depletion.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Losing our cool : uncomfortable truths about our air-conditioned world (and finding new ways to get through the summer) / by Cox, Stan.(CARDINAL)557398;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-247) and index."There's no power on earth that can stop it!" -- Making the weather -- The air-conditioned dream -- Going mobile -- The business climate -- Surviving the great indoors -- India : where "A/C" means "VIP" -- Inconspicuous consumption -- Coming out of the cold.
Subjects: Air conditioning; Chlorofluorocarbons; Global warming.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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After cooling : on Freon, global warming, and the terrible cost of comfort / by Wilson, Eric Dean,author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 413-451) and index.Prelude: this business of destruction -- Before freon: on the trouble with personal comfort -- The business of destruction (tropopause) -- The age of freon: on the continuous uncertainty of safety -- The business of destruction (stratopause) -- After freon: on the myth of the closed system -- The business of destruction (mesopause) -- Postlude: what we're after."Interweaves the science and history of the powerful refrigerant (and dangerous greenhouse gas) Freon with a haunting meditation on how to live meaningfully and morally in a rapidly heating world. In After Cooling, Eric Dean Wilson braids together air-conditioning history, climate science, road trips, and philosophy to tell the story of the birth, life, and afterlife of Freon, the refrigerant that ripped a hole larger than the continental United States in the ozone layer. As he traces the refrigerant's life span from its invention in the 1920s--when it was hailed as a miracle of scientific progress--to efforts in the 1980s to ban the chemical (and the resulting political backlash), Wilson finds himself on a journey through the American heartland, trailing a man who buys up old tanks of Freon stockpiled in attics and basements to destroy what remains of the chemical before it can do further harm. Wilson is at heart an essayist, looking far and wide to tease out what particular forces in American culture--in capitalism, in systemic racism, in our values--combined to lead us into the Freon crisis and then out. It's a story that offers a rare glimpse of environmental hope, suggesting that maybe the vast and terrifying problem of global warming is not beyond our grasp to face."--
Subjects: Chlorofluorocarbons; Refrigerants; Air conditioning; Ozone layer depletion.; Global warming.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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The ozone layer / by Duden, Jane.(CARDINAL)764469;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 41-42) and index.Describes the ozone layer and its important function in protecting the earth from dangerous ultraviolet rays. Also examines the threats posed to the ozone layer by chlorofluorocarbons and other pollutants and what can be done to stop further damage.
Subjects: Chlorofluorocarbons; Ozone layer depletion;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Ozone / by Gay, Kathlyn.(CARDINAL)509053; NULL DATA,illustrator.;
Bibliography: page.Discusses the dual problem of too much ozone in the troposphere creating smog and the depletion of the ozone layer in the stratosphere which shields harmful ultraviolet rays.
Subjects: Air; Atmospheric ozone; Chlorofluorocarbons; Ozone layer.; Ozone layer; Ozone.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Invention and innovation : a brief history of hype and failure / by Smil, Vaclav,author.(CARDINAL)323599;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Invention and innovation : a long history and modern infatuation -- Inventions that turned from welcome to undesirable. Leaded gasoline ; DDT ; Chlorofluorocarbons -- Inventions that were to dominate -- and do not. Airships ; Nuclear fission ; Supersonic flight -- Inventions that we keep waiting for. Travel in vacuum (hyperloop) ; Nitrogen-fixing cereals ; Nuclear fusion -- Techno-optimism, exaggerations and realistic expectations. Breakthroughs that are not ; Myth of ever-faster innovations ; What we need most."Smil presents the long history and modern infatuation with invention and innovation. Meticulous as always, these vast realms of human ingenuity are organized into sensible categories: inventions that went from welcome to undesirable, inventions that dominate and missed the mark, inventions we still dream about, and lastly, the exaggerations, myths, and wise expectations for innovations we need most"--
Subjects: Inventions; System failures (Engineering); New products; Errors; Technological forecasting.;
Available copies: 8 / Total copies: 8
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Pollution / by Haley, James,1968-(CARDINAL)665135;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 210-214) and index.Air pollution threatens human health / by Pamela Meyer ... [et al.] -- Factory farming is polluting the water supply / by Andrew Nikiforuk -- Coal-fired power plants create harmful emissions / by the Sierra Club -- Chlorofluorocarbons are destroying the ozone layer / by Linda Baker -- Automobiles cause air pollution / by the American Council for an Energy-efficient Economy -- Air quality has improved / by the Environmental Protection Agency -- Factory farming is not polluting the water supply / by Dave Juday -- New coal-burning technology is less polluting / by Robert S. Kripowicz -- Air pollution from automobiles has been reduced / by Joseph L. Bast and Jay Lehr -- Corporations are reckless polluters / by Russell Mokhiber -- Corporations are engaging in phony environmentalism / by Richard Gilpin and Ali Dale -- Oil companies are harmful polluters / by Essential Action and Global Exchange -- Businesses have reduced pollution / by Lyn Scarlett and Jane S. Shaw -- U.S. factories in Mexico are reducing pollution / by the Environmental Protection Agency -- Oil companies are protecting the environment / by the American Petroleum Institute -- Regulation and the environment : an overview / by Mary H. Cooper -- The Superfund hazardous waste program is effective / by the Environmental Protection Agency -- Mandatory pollution regulations are effective / by Peter K. Krahn -- Clean water regulations should be strengethened / by Stephen B. Lovejoy and Jeffrey Hyde -- Clean air regulations protect public health / by Carol Browner -- The Superfund hazardous waste program is ineffective / by Wayne T. Brough -- Clean water regulations are ineffective / by Richard A. Halpern -- Clean air regulations are ineffective / by Richard L. Stroup -- Recycling is a cost-effective means to reduce pollution / by Richard A. Denison and John F. Ruston -- Recycled materials produce less pollution / by Allen Hershkowitz -- Efficient recycling programs can reduce waste / by Brenda Platt and Neil Seldman -- Recycling programs are unprofitable and unnecessary / by Christopher Douglass -- Mandatory recycling can waste resources / by Alexander Volokh and Lynn Scarlett -- Recycling does not reduce waste / by Peter Werbe.
Subjects: Air; Water; Factory and trade waste; Recycling (Waste, etc.); Environmental law.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 4
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