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CFC's Chlorinated Fluorocarbons) one of the halogenated hydrocarbon subgroups are causing a considerable portion of the break down of the ozone at higher altitudes resulting in more (harmful) ultraviolet radiation from the sun penetrating the atmosphere.

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