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The ozone layer is getting depleted because of the continues usage of CFCs. These are the chemicals which destroy ozone by reacting with and decomposing it into molecular oxygen and nascent oxygen.

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How was the ozone layer formed and deplected in the atmosphere?

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What do you call damage to the ozone layer?

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What are the layer of gases that surround the ozone layer?

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What is the ozone layer and how are humans altering it?

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What planet has a protective ozone layer?

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What layer of the earth has the ozone in it?

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