Dear Jim and other GEPers: Not to knock the Johnson company, but as a teenager I was a mother's helper for the inventor (L. Micaleff) who invented the Fantastic (non-aerosol) spray pump in reaction to the perceived depletion of the ozone from cfcs (a connection he thought was actually unproven, or so he told me). He made millions, bought a house on Fire Island, NY and hired me in 1975, so these technologies have been on the market for a long time... truly a blast from the past...here's to being a teenager on Fire Island! cheers, Syma
>>(((((*>~~~~>>(((((*>~~~~>>(((((*>~~~~ Syma A. Ebbin, PhD. --- On Tue, 4/21/09, Jim Salzman <salz...@law.duke.edu> wrote: From: Jim Salzman <salz...@law.duke.edu> Subject: Re: Fwd: a blast from the past To: gep-ed@listserve1.allegheny.edu Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009, 5:32 PM Prior to teaching, I was the European Environmental Manager for SC Johnson Wax. According to company lore, SC Johnson was the first company to stop using CFCs in its aerosol products (Pledge, Glade, etc.) back in 1975. There was serious debate within the company whether or not to publicize this, since consumers might assume a loss in efficacy. They did decide to do so, though, well before the US banned CFCs in 1978 or 1979 (closely followed by Sweden). I suspect one reason they were the leaders on this issue is the fact that they are privately owned. regards, -js <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> Jim Salzman Samuel Fox Mordecai Professor of Law Nicholas Institute Professor of Environmental Policy Duke University P.O. Box 90360 Durham, NC 27708 tel. (919)613.7185 fax (919)613.7231 <>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<>-<> >>> Michael Maniates <mmani...@allegheny.edu> 4/21/2009 11:41 AM >>> Dear Charlie (and others), Some spray cans sold in the United States continue to sport this claim. I have one here in my office (shaving cream) that I picked up a few weeks ago for a classroom demonstration (of greenwashing, not shaving). This practice, then, lives on. Mike Maniates At 11:04 AM 4/21/2009, Charles Chester wrote: >Hi all, > >Attached is a photo of a spray can with the claim across the front: >"Contains No Ozone-damaging CFC's." A biology professor here at >Brandeis found the can in his mother's house, and passed the photo >on to me asking what time period such labels existed (its his own >photo, which he said anyone can use). I couldn't say more than "late >'70s," but now I'm thinking that such claims may have lasted up to >the late 1980s? Even later? Thanks for any perspectives on this (and >please email me, and I'll compile for the list). > >-Charlie >____________________ >Charles C. Chester, Ph.D. >9 Lowell Street, Cambridge, MA 02138 USA >wk 617.304.9373 fx 617.245.4613 ><http://www.conservationclimatechangeclearinghouse.net>The >Conservation & Climate Change Clearinghouse (new URL) ><http://www.brandeis.edu/departments/environmental>Brandeis - ><http://www.y2y.net>Y2Y - <http://www.rootcapital.org/>Root Capital ><http://www.islandpress.org/bookstore/details.php?prod_id=673>Conservation >Across Borders - ><http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11250>Peace Parks ><http://fletcher.tufts.edu/biodiversity>Biodiversity Links @ ><http://fletcher.tufts.edu/ierp>The Fletcher School
