A newer ‘climate-friendly’ refrigerant used in car air conditioning systems, may already be a significant, and possibly dominant, source of a ‘forever chemical’ pollutant across Europe, according to a new University of Bristol-led study.

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    3 months ago

    I’m sure glad DuPont lobbied so hard for this $1200/kg formulation that has the potential to form HF acid in a fire to be the go to replacement, and not co2 or hc based refrigerant mixes that cost cents to refill.