ozone and aerosol spray?

[foofy2u2]

When I got my albuterol inhaler last week it was a pump spray. The pharmacist said they had to turn in all aerosol containers. The pump does.t work as good as the other. OK, that said, will reclaiming all albuteral inhalers help with global warming? Will air fresheners.lysol spray, hair spray, cans of air, Pam, bug spray, paint, and everything in an aerosol can be banned too?

 

[Ben O]

Banning CFC's for medical use is the height of stupidity.

CFC's are still readily available in most countries including the US.

A quick internet search will turn up hundreds of companies that sell CFC's literally by the ton. The number of countries that sign the misguided Montreal protocol becomes less with every renewal. Meanwhile the UN keeps patting themselves on the back for banning CFC's for medical use.

 

[bestonnet_00]

The ozone problem was caused by CFC's which are now banned (there are exceptions which allowed them to be used for medical purposes among others though even those are being stopped) so aerosol sprays (for the most part) won't destroy the ozone layer any more. The few areas where CFC's and other ozone depleting substances are allowed to still be used aren't really big enough to be a significant source of further damage to the ozone layer.

Some of the common replacements for CFC's as propellants aren't necessarily things you'd want to release into the environment but the amounts given off are too small to be a significant cause of global warming so it's probably not worth worrying too much about the global environmental effects of aerosol sprays these days.