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Why is damage to the ozone layer a cause for concern? What steps are being taken to limit this damage?


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Ozone layer:

  1. The ozone layer is found between 15 and 30 kilometers.
  2. The stratosphere, often known as the ozone layer, is composed of ozone gas (90 percent of the whole ozone). The impact of Ultra Violet light on oxygen molecules made of two oxygen atoms produces ozone, which comprises three oxygen atoms. above the earth's surface in the stratosphere.

Damage to the ozone layer is a cause of concern:

  1. The ozone layer shields the globe from damaging ultraviolet rays. It is essential for the survival of all living and non-living creatures. No life can survive if the ozone layer is compromised.
  2. Growth in certain kinds of skin malignancies, eye cataracts, and immune deficiency illnesses are among the negative effects.

Steps taken to limit the depletion:

  1. Vehicles should be used as little as possible.
  2. The use of fossil fuels should be discouraged.
  3. All manufacturing companies are now required to produce CFC-free refrigerators all around the world.
  4. When fixing conditioners or refrigerators, the refrigerant should be transferred to a recycling unit rather than being released into the atmosphere.
  5. Raising public knowledge about ozone layer depletion's origins, effects, and control strategies.
  6. International agreements to limit CFC emissions from companies can be formed because this is not a problem unique to a single country.

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