The U.S. has long been able to claim the moral high ground in the campaign to stamp out chlorofluorocarbons, the chemicals that destroy the atmosphere's protective ozone layer. After all, America banned CFCs from spray cans more than a decade ago. And U.S. manufacturers are among the world's leaders in finding environmentally acceptable substitutes for CFCs, which are used as coolants and blowing agents for making plastic foam.
But last week it was the twelve nations of the European Community that took the lead in dealing with the threat to the ozone. In a surprise step, environmental ministers meeting in Brussels...
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