CFC substitutes release 335,500 tons of an eternal chemical called TFA that already contaminates rain, ice, and global water.

Chlorofluorocarbons are to blame for global warming since the 1970s and not carbon dioxide, a researcher claims in a controversial new study. CFCs are already known to deplete ozone, but in-depth ...

A study finds that ozone-destroying CFCs banned in the 1980s are back in use, but it's not clear where or why. Reading time 3 minutes Thirty years after countries agreed to ease up on the use of ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced seven metered-dose inhalers (MDIs) used to treat asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) will be gradually removed from the U.S.

Explore whether CFCs are still used in modern society.

Two new chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and one new hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC) have been found in the atmosphere by a group of scientists. Scientists made the discovery by comparing today's air samples ...