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May 1987 Issue
May 1987 Cover
This magazine has been fully digitized as a part of The Atlantic's archive. Each article originally printed in this magazine is available here, complete and unedited from the historical print. Read more from this magazine, or explore the full archive.
  • Great Moments in Literary Baseball
    Robert Atwan
  • Word Watch
    Anne H. Soukhanov
  • The May Almanac
  • Notes: The White Peril
    James Fallows
  • Harlequin
    Katie Leishman
  • Bolivia: How to Lose the Coke War
    David Kline

Environment: Weather Versus Chemicals

A controversy over the Antarctic ozone “hole" has reawakened debate about restrictions on chemical production

By Ellen Ruppel Shell
May 1987 Issue
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