Banned, Ozone-Depleting Chemical Is Still Being Produced Somewhere, Scientists Say
Trichlorofluoromethane, or CFC-11, hurts the ozone layer and was phased out of production by 2010. Supposedly. But a NOAA study says CFC-11 emissions began to rise after 2012.
Someone appears to be producing a banned ozone-depleting chemical, interfering with the recovery of Earth's damaged ozone layer, according to a newly published study led by scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
The illicit emissions are believed to be coming from somewhere in eastern Asia, but otherwise, nothing is known about the offender. It's a scientific whodunit â or rather, a who's-doin-it.
