OT Don't read this (was Re: Altair MBL source)

[Geoffrey Thomas]

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Subject: RE: OT Don't read this (was Re: Altair MBL source)


> > So if halon is really so benign, why did they ban it?
>
> There's a big difference between "directly harmful to humans" and
> "damages the ozone layer".
>
There is more than one "halon" with differing proportions of carbon
,chlorine , fluorine , bromine and iodine.
Perhaps they're not totally banned but being phased out. Certainly
considered to be harmful to the ozone layer.