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How is the ozone harmful?

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Electromagnetic waves called UV radiation. Ozone layer blocks out most UV radiation by absorbing it and that is important, because UV radiation can cause skin cancer. To prevent that you also shoud use sunscreen and sunglasses. Use this website and register you can learn a lot about stuff related to these things - jason.org

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The harmful Ultraviolet radiations coming from the sun are blocked by the ozone layer. The UV radiations are divided into 3 parts:

UV-A

UV-B

UV-C

The part of the UV radiations which is completely blocked by the ozone layer is UV-C and others are partially blocked.

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Ozone present in the troposphere is also called as bad ozone. It is also a

green house gas. It is the major constituent of the urban smog.

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all rays on the high frequency side of the spectrum

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The UV radiation is blocked by ozone. These are very fatal rays for life on earth.

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UV rays are blocked by ozone. It is present as ozone layer.

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