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This work led to the Montreal Protocol of 1987, which banned CFS, halons, and other ozone-depleting chemicals.
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 10 May 2024
These include chlorofluorocarbons, which are found in air conditioners, refrigerators, and spray cans, halons, which are found in fire extinguishers, and methyl bromide, which is used to kill weeds, insects, and other pests.
—Popular Science, 18 May 2020
The crew used three halon-gas fire extinguishers and two more filled with water to douse the flaming laptop that caused it.
—Michael Laris, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2019
Modern airlines come equipped with fire-halon fire suppression systems.
—Barbara Peterson, Popular Mechanics, 20 July 2015
In 2015, 22 Marines were hospitalized when the system accidentally went off, filling the cabin with halon and causing respiratory injuries.
—Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2017
That would come in the form of manmade chemicals like CFCs, HCFS, freon, and halons, most of which have been dramatically reduced thanks to international agreement.
—National Geographic, 3 Feb. 2016
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Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 10 May 2024
These include chlorofluorocarbons, which are found in air conditioners, refrigerators, and spray cans, halons, which are found in fire extinguishers, and methyl bromide, which is used to kill weeds, insects, and other pests.
—Popular Science, 18 May 2020
The crew used three halon-gas fire extinguishers and two more filled with water to douse the flaming laptop that caused it.
—Michael Laris, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2019
Modern airlines come equipped with fire-halon fire suppression systems.
—Barbara Peterson, Popular Mechanics, 20 July 2015
In 2015, 22 Marines were hospitalized when the system accidentally went off, filling the cabin with halon and causing respiratory injuries.
—Thomas Gibbons-Neff, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2017
That would come in the form of manmade chemicals like CFCs, HCFS, freon, and halons, most of which have been dramatically reduced thanks to international agreement.
—National Geographic, 3 Feb. 2016
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“Halon.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/halon. Accessed 3 Dec. 2024.
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