"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
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"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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It is a great example of the idiocy of environmental laws. Bureaucrats
would
rather you burn alive than suffer a miniscule risk of getting cancer 20
years down the road.

Actually, it was banned as a ozone-depleter, if I recall correctly. I
suppose that could lead to skin cancer, but most people consider that to
be
the least of the concerns with respect to the ozone layer disappearing.

In any case, there are other fire extinguishing agents that work just as
well. Yes, they aren't necessarily as friendly to your airplane, but
having
to spend more money after a fire isn't the same kind of thing as making
you
"burn alive".

Are you seriously suggesting that the tiny quantities of halon discharged in
airplane fires will have any appreciable effect on the ozone? What makes you
think the other agents do not have the same or worse environmental effects?