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What depletes the ozone layer in the atmosphere? what are the harmful effects of the depletion of the ozone layer for us?


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Chlorofluorocarbon is an industrially useful gas but it acts as an air pollutant that damages the ozone layer.

The ozone layer is the layer that protects the earth from the highly intense ultraviolet radiation. if the ozone layer depletes the highly intense ultraviolet radiation reaches the earth and damage living animals on the earth.


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