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Various chemicals can harm the ozone layer.The ones containing halogens are the most harmful.

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CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons).

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What element in refrigerant harms ozone?

There is a chemical in refrigerant which harms ozone. The name of the chemical is CFC.


What sentences that harmful effect of the ozone layer?

There are no harms of ozone layer. It protects us from UV rays of the sun.


Why is ozone considered a pollutant in the ozone layer?

Ozone in the ozone layer is not at all a pollutant but it is something without which no ozone layer may have existed. Ozone can be considered as a pollutant in the stratospheric region but in the stratosphere or the ozone layer it is of full or complete use. No harms there.


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No dangerous rays harm the ozone layer. CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons) harm the ozone layer. The ozone layer actually protects us and theearth from dangerous ultraviolet radiation.


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CFC's react with ozone. They deplete the ozone layer.


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Ozone layer is being depleted. The chemical reactions involve depleting of ozone into oxygen.


How much fossil fuel did we use to destroy the ozone layer?

Fossil fuel is a exhaustive resource. It also harms the ozone.


Environmental effects of chlorofluorocarbons?

It only effects the topmost layer of earth ie. Ozone Layer. It depletes only the ozone and no other harms are created in our living surroundings. But while Ozone Layer Depletion is a serious problem


What chemical changes the protective ozone layer?

Ozone layer has undergone various changes. These are the depletion of ozone molecules.


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Ozone is a very important gas and chemical for it. In the ozone layer, it acts as the protective layer of the earth.


What is the ozone hole and how does it form?

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