Perfluorotributylamine (PFBTA),  has been identified 7100 times more effective in trapping Sun’s heat than carbon dioxide. 

Used in electronic industries and in artificial blood substitute PFBTA pose serious threat to climate if unchecked ,though current volume is only 0.18 parts per trillion by volume.

 

 Read more: Perfluorotributylamine: A novel long-lived greenhouse gas


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By Shashi Kallada

35 years in Merchant Shipping, Last 23 years working on IMDG Code. Ex Sailor, Ex Manager Global Dangerous Goods Maersk Line.

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