Scientists find ozone depletion began decades before discovery of ozone hole
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Jennifer Chu | MIT News
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MITScientists find ozone depletion began decades before discovery of ozone holemit.eduUsing modern tools, they also determined that carbon tetrachloride, used as a dry-cleaning and degreasing agent as early as the 1930s, was at the root of early ozone loss.
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