 mario josÃ© molina-pasquel henrÃ­quez (born march 19, 1943 in mexico city) is a mexican chemist and one of the most prominent precursors to the discovery of the antarctic ozone hole. he was a co-recipient (along with paul j. crutzen and f. sherwood rowland) of the 1995 nobel prize in chemistry for his role in elucidating the threat to the earth's ozone layer of chlorofluorocarbon gases (or cfcs), becoming the first mexican-born citizen to ever receive a nobel prize in chemistry. molina is a climate policy adviser to president enrique peÃ±a nieto of mexico.[http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/27/us/politi
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