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The Inventor Who Almost Ended the World
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
The Life of Thomas Mijley
Dichloride fluoromethane is highly stable, non-inflammable and altogether without harmful effects on man or animals. It belongs to a class of chemicals called CFCs, or chlorofluorocarbons. Under Mijley's guidance, General Motors and the DuPont Corporation start to produce a whole range of CFCs. Thanks to these new, non-hazardous coolants, people soon had refrigerators in their homes.
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