PROPELLANT OF SPRAYS

Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33869, 14 June 1975, Page 15

PROPELLANT OF SPRAYS

In LV Z Press Assn—Copyright) WASHINGTON, June 12. n A Federal task force has; - concluded that the United! d States Government may have] djto ban certain gases that are! ■t used as a propellant in spray a cans and as a refrigerant be-: cause they appear to be des-! straying the ozone layer ini f the Earth’s upper atmo-l t sphere. r The task force report says - that there is legitimate cause■ ;for serious concern by the'. ’ United States and other world governments because the ozone layer appears to function as a shield which protects the earth from the cancer-causing ultra-violet radiation that comes from the sun. The report suggests that! consumers who use aerosol' cans for hair sprays and deodorants may have to re-1 ■ vert to squeeze bottles andj atomisers to use their fav-l ourite products. Gases which do not harm .the upper atmosphere, or 11 stratosphere. the report! jI notes, could be required’ r'from the manufacture of new! refrigeration and air-condi-.itioning equipment and exist-! r ing equipment could be modi-j . fled to retard leakage. The potential danger posed J! by the gases, a family ofc known as fluoro-11 carbons, the report asserts,!! I has not been seriously chal-p I lenged since the first scienti-T ,fic report was issued on the ; subject a