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Stories about: nitrogen trifluoride

Solar Panel Production Releases Dangerous Chemical Recent scientific studies have discovered that a byproduct of the solar industry, a gas called Nitrogen Trifluoride (NF3), has 17,000 times the potential of carbon dioxide, in trapping heat inside Earth's atmosphere. The worst part about this is that there are currently no regulations to limit or prevent the use... 7 November 2008 02:36 GMT Carbon Dioxide Is Not Alone The group of known threats to the environment has recently added two more previously ignored gaseous members. Although still far from the huge impact that carbon dioxide has as a greenhouse gas, the rising levels of methane and nitrogen trifluoride in the atmospheric air are fueling new concerns. Ron Prinn, an atmosp... 27 October 2008 03:35 GMT