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What is bad ozone and good ozone?

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Ozone when present on the Earth's surface is a very poisonous gas. Hence called bad.
Ozone when present in the stratosphere is very protective in nature as it does not allow harmful ultraviolet radiations to enter the Earth's atmosphere, hence it's called good ozone.

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