However its high toxicity makes it unfavorable in many cases and oftentimes other less damaging chemicals are used instead.

Scientists in the area have claimed the substance to contain no damaging chemicals that would possibly harm animals or rather, the ecosystem.

Open borders, for example, would encourage more efficient use of potentially damaging chemicals.

Older equipment cannot use the less damaging chemicals intended to replace CFC's.

But there are steps that drivers can take to minimize the damage until substitutes for the damaging chemicals are developed.

Water can activate damaging chemicals in the debris that, if left dry, are relatively harmless.

Many aerosols are now atmosphere friendly, but refrigerators are still using damaging chemicals.

Environmentalists here, while praising the agreement, expressed concern that it did not go far enough to restrict emissions of the damaging chemicals.

And the cost of the switch to less damaging chemicals would run to less than $40 billion.

They protect workers against everything from flour dust in a grain elevator to the damaging organic chemicals in paint spray.