Has freon been banned?

Question

Freon that are used in airconditions and refrigerators and such, have they been banned? Tell me the name of the document if you know that the use of freon has been banned or the use of freon is being monitored in the U.S. through a document. ex.: document = montreal protocol banned chlorofluorocarbons

Answer 1

maybe it is banned because freon is just another kind of a CFC.

Answer 2

yeah, i'm pretty sure it has... they have some new chemical to replace it... cfc's are supposedly bad for the environment (depleting the ozone causing global warming, if you believe that)... you hit it on the head... as i know it cfc's are just used as a propellant, the actual chemical composition of the chemical hasn't changed at all

so, in essence, it really hasn't changed at all... it just appeases the environmental radicals by changing the name... (sigh)

Answer 3

I  believe we are committed to eliminate new applications, but we have no commitment to get rid of existing CFCs.

Answer 4

Freon is a brand name for refrigerant, like Kleenex is a brand name of snot rags. Many refrigerant products containing chlorofluorocarbons such as R-12, R-502 and R-11 were outlawed for production and import to the USA in the mid 1990's and the common household A/C refrigerant R-22 will begin a phase out in 2010 with a total ban on the use of virgin or recycled R-22 by 2020.