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Cutting out the chemicals

The international treaty drawn up to tackle ozone-destroying substances is gearing up to curb greenhouse gases. Jeff Tollefson reports.

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Tollefson, J. Cutting out the chemicals. Nature 457, 518–519 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/457518a

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