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We Finally Know Where The Scandalous Ozone-Destroying Chemicals Are Really Coming From<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

It’s been exactly one year since US scientists reported a mysterious surge<\/a> in ozone-destroying chemicals, known as chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Banned in 1987 under the globally signed Montreal Protocol<\/a>, there was only one explanation: somewhere out there, in an unknown location, someone must have gone rogue, setting back progress on the ozone hole by a decade or more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After much speculation, the whereabouts and magnitude of these harmful emissions has been confirmed in scientific research. As earlier reporting in The New York Times<\/em> had already suggested<\/a>, they seem to be coming from the northeast coast of mainland China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since the Montreal Protocol was declared a success in 2013, this highly industrial region has continued to emit, whether accidentally or not, CFC-11: the second most abundant chlorofluorocarbon in the atmosphere. Between the periods of 2008-2012 and 2014-2017, in fact, CFC-11 emissions increased here by roughly 110 percent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This increase accounts for a substantial fraction (at least 40 to 60 per cent) of the global rise in CFC-11 emissions,” an international team of researchers writes<\/a> in a new report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We find no evidence for a significant increase in CFC-11 emissions from any other eastern Asian countries or other regions of the world where there are available data for the detection of regional emissions.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These violations are likely going unreported because even though CFC-11 is illegal, it is also one of the cheapest ways to produce new foam insulation in refrigerators and buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After tracking down documents and international sources, journalists at The New York Times<\/em> and independent investigators discovered<\/a> that in some factories in China, illegal CFC use has been slipping through the cracks for years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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