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Science 18 June 1976:
Vol. 192. no. 4245, pp. 1231 - 1234
DOI: 10.1126/science.192.4245.1231
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Atmospheric Carbon Tetrachloride: Another Man-Made Pollutant

HANWANT BIR SINGH 1, DOUGLAS P. FOWLER 1, and THOMAS O. PEYTON 1

1 Stanford Research Institute, Menlo Park, California 94025

On the basis of an analysis of historic worldwide emissions and removal mechanisms for carbon tetrachloride, a possible precursor for stratospheric ozone destruction, it has been demonstrated that the present atmospheric loading and distribution of carbon tetrachloride is primarily attributable to man-made emissions and no natural sources need be invoked to explain its presence in the atmosphere.

Submitted on February 12, 1976
Revised on April 3, 1976


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