Under Ruckelshaus and his successor, Lee Thomas, the EPA pushed for an international approach to halocarbon regulations.
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Meanwhile, the halocarbon industry shifted its position and started supporting a protocol to limit CFC production.
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As a consequence, the major halocarbon producing nations agreed to phase out production of CFCs, halons, and related compounds, a process that was completed in 1996.
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One of various compounds of carbon and any of the halogens
Halocarbon compounds are chemicals in which one or more carbon atoms are linked by covalent bonds with one or more halogen atoms (fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine) resulting in the formation of organofluorine compounds, organochlorine compounds, organobromine compounds, and organoiodine ...
(Halocarbons) A collective term for the group of partially halogenated organic species, including the chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), halons, methyl chloride, methyl bromide, etc. ...