We have to fix the exemptions and loopholes in the Montreal Protocol.
While not as damaging 'yet' as the original ozone depleting chemicals, the sources are not yet known. And obviously industry cannot be trusted to police themselves. Someone is producing them, it has harmful effects, and they need to be busted and to stop making and releasing them.
"OSLO, March 9 (Reuters) - Scientists have detected four new man-made gases that damage the Earth's protective ozone layer, despite bans on almost all production of similar gases under a 1987 treaty, a study showed on Sunday...."
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