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- From: masticol@cadenza.rutgers.edu (Steve Masticola)
- Newsgroups: misc.consumers
- Subject: Re: Air Conditioning (DON'T!)
- Keywords: Please - recycle the Freon!
- Message-ID: <Jul.23.09.32.39.1992.3022@cadenza.rutgers.edu>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 13:32:40 GMT
- References: <1992Jul20.222849.21220@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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- Please, PLEASE don't try recharging the A/C yourself! Take it to a
- shop that has the equipment to recycle the Freon.
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- Freon is a chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), and damages the ozone layer. If
- that goes, we're all in for a healthy dose of hard ultraviolet
- radiation. Then we'll have to either risk getting skin cancer and
- cataracts, or have to forget about going outdoors anymore.
-
- Antarctica has already lost its ozone layer. I heard about a fellow
- who was with an Antarctic expedition recently, who spent ONE DAY
- outdoors without sunblock. He got severe facial burns and will
- probably be disfigured for life.
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- Releasing Freon into the air is equivalent to throwing waste oil down
- the storm sewers. Please respect the environment.
-
- - Steve (masticol@cs.rutgers.edu).
-