The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is urging suppliers of home appliances like refrigerators and air-conditioners in Africa to stop using chemicals that damage the earth's ozone layer.
Air-conditioning units and refrigeration systems that use hydrochloroflurocarbon (HCFC) cooling chemicals cause the most damage to the section of the earth's atmosphere that protects us from the sun's harmful rays.
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