[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 16, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 16CFR1401.2]

[Page 387-388]
 
                     TITLE 16--COMMERCIAL PRACTICES
 
             CHAPTER II--CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION
 
  PART 1401--SELF PRESSURIZED CONSUMER PRODUCTS CONTAINING CHLOROFLUOROCARBONS: 
 
Sec.  1401.2  Purpose.

    Chlorofluorocar bons are used as propellants in self-pressurized 
containers of a variety of products subject to the

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Commission's jurisdiction. Scientific research has indicated that chloro 
fluoro car bons may pose a risk of depletion of ozone in the 
stratosphere. The stratospheric ozone shield is of great importance in 
protecting life on earth from shortwave ultra-violet rays of the sun. 
Ozone depletion allows more of these rays to reach the earth, and the 
consequences include a possibility of a significant increase in human 
skin cancer and other effects of unknown magnitude on man, animals, and 
plants. Chloro fluoro car bon release may also cause climatic change, 
both by reducing stratospheric ozone and by increasing infrared 
absorption in the atmosphere. The Commission believes that the 
requirements of this part 1401 will enable consumers to make a conscious 
choice of whether to use products that contain chloro fluoro car bon 
propellants. The Commission also believes that these requirements are 
necessary in order to carry out the purposes of the Consumer Product 
Safety Act of (a) helping to protect the public against unreasonable 
risks of injury associated with consumer products and (b) assisting 
consumers in evaluating the comparative safety of consumer products.