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Senator Robinson urges re-evaluation of Halon ban, demonstrates extinguishers on Senate floor
Summary
Sen. Robinson used visual aids to argue halon fire extinguishers remain the most effective clean-agent suppressants and urged reconsideration of production bans enacted in the 1990s, saying modern replacements are less effective.
Sen. Robinson demonstrated two fire extinguishers on the Senate floor and urged caution in chemical bans that removed Halon from production in the 1990s.
The lede: Robinson said Halon is "the most effective clean agent fire extinguishing agent ever invented" and contrasted it with Halotron, which he told colleagues "works only half as effectively as Halon." He said Halon—s production was ended as part of a refrigerant ban…
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