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p> HAIRSPRAY br> Re: Reid Collins' Settling the Argument: A Beginning : /p> p>In his otherwise informative article about satellite surveillance of the atmosphere, Mr. Collins refers to chlorofluorocarbons as "the stuff that spritzes your hairspray out of the can." It has been more than twenty years since CFC's were employed in such mundane tasks; indeed, there are almost no consumer applications currently using CFC's, as propellants or otherwise. What few there are (such as pre-1990 automobile air conditioners) are grandfathered until the units wear out, but are ruinously expensive to maintain, because no more of the substance may be manufactured legally in the U.S. br> -- Richard Skeean /p>

Reid Collins replies: I know. I know. I used the example simply as that, an example. In addition, I have a very old can of hairspray. Pre-1987.

p> WALK ON THE WILD SIDE br> Re: Shawn Macomber's Walk This Way

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