Chinese firms accused for banned ozone-killing CFC emissions
London-based Environmental Investigation Agency has claimed that 18 factories in ten Chinese provinces admitted to using chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). Used to create cheap home insulation, CFCs deplete the ozone layer which protects the Earth from harmful solar radiation. This comes after scientists found CFC-11 levels to rise by 25% per year since 2012 despite a global ban since 1996.