redictably questioned the Rowland-Molina findings, and in 1975 a Du Pont spokesperson was quoted as saying, "We welcome the scientific to develop hard experimental facts about fluorocarbons and the atmosphere. We believe that when this data is in hand it will exonerate fluorocarbons."(People Magazine, October 18, 1976.) What executive, knowing their company is putting a million tons of CFC's a year into the atmosphere wouldn't dispute these claims. While Du Pont denied any allegations, consumers were scared. People stopped buying products containing CFC's and sales of aerosols substantially decreased after 1975, while sales of alternatives increased rapidly.
             In 1976, the U.S. National Academy of Sciences released a report stating that the risks were significant enough to propose a ban on ODS's. In the 1970's the U.S. produced fifty percent of the worlds CFC's, so when they were banned in aerosol sprays in 1978 it was a major step in CFC reduction. In the early 1980's there was pressure from the United Nation's Environment Programme, (UNEP) for other countries to reduce CFC emissions, but the European Union and Japan
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