In Brief: New York air quality
This article was originally published in The Rose Sheet
Executive Summary
New York air quality: A 242 would ban the importation, distribution, sale or purchase of aerosol spray cans and hair care products, among others, containing compounds of four ozone depleting chemicals -- chlorofluorocarbons, halon, hydrochlorofluorocarbons and methyl chloroform -- by Jan. 1, 1997. Also, the measure would seek to reduce the use of the chemicals by 90% by 2000; to limit the uses of the chemicals to those that are recycled or necessary from 2000 to 2004; and to ban all sales and purchases of the four chemicals and any products containing the chemicals after 2005. A 242, which is pending in the Environmental Conservation Committee, was introduced by Assemblymember Richard Brodsky (D-Westchester County) Jan. 4 and was refiled from last year...
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New York air quality: A 242 would ban the importation, distribution, sale or purchase of aerosol spray cans and hair care products, among others, containing compounds of four ozone depleting chemicals -- chlorofluorocarbons, halon, hydrochlorofluorocarbons and methyl chloroform -- by Jan. 1, 1997. Also, the measure would seek to reduce the use of the chemicals by 90% by 2000; to limit the uses of the chemicals to those that are recycled or necessary from 2000 to 2004; and to ban all sales and purchases of the four chemicals and any products containing the chemicals after 2005. A 242, which is pending in the Environmental Conservation Committee, was introduced by Assemblymember Richard Brodsky (D-Westchester County) Jan. 4 and was refiled from last year.... |