Since the banning of CFC in industry (Montreal Protocol, 1989), ozone depletion has mostly stopped with some signs that levels are increasing. Scientists believe that ozone will return to its pre-CFC level by about 2050.

1. Minimize high altitude aircraft flights (oxygen reduction and water vapor deposition)
2. Minimize rocket flights (water vapor deposition)
3. Encourage growth of plants that produce oxygen, discourage deforestation
4. Decrease / control releases of high temperature steam / moisture to the atmosphere
5. Eliminate production and release of known ozone depleting chemicals (such as CFCs and HCFCs) where remotely possible. Subsidize production of safer alternatives where possible.
6. Establish controls to assure that new compounds to be used in high volume, are surveyed for effect on ozone.

Actions an Individual Can Take (see the link below for more):

• Ensure technicians repairing your refrigerator or air conditioner recover and recycle the old CFCs so they are not released into the atmosphere.
• Vehicle air conditioning units should regularly be checked for leaks.
• Ask about converting your car to a substitute refrigerant if the a/c system needs major repair
• Help start a refrigerant recovery and recycling program in your area if none already exists.
• Replace halon fire extinguishers with alternatives (e.g. carbon dioxide or foam).
• Suggest school activities to increase awareness of the problem and to initiate local action.

No, Global Climate Change has very little to do with the Depletion of the Ozone Layer.

Recent global climate change or global warming is now considered by most climate scientists to be the likely result of increases in man-made greenhouse gas concentrations such as carbon Dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere. These gases absorb strongly in the Infra red part of the electromagnetic spectrum. This has the effect of trapping heat and raising the temperature of the lower atmosphere.

The depletion of the ozone (O3) layer or 'ozone hole' occurs mainly in the stratosphere, and is due to the catalytic destruction by atomic chlorine and bromine. The main source of these is from the photodissociation of man made chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) compounds.

These effects are usually regarded as distinct phenomena. However there are a number of areas of linkage between ozone depletion and recent global warming.

• The same CO2 radiative forcing that produces global warming is expected to cool the stratosphere leading to a relative increase in ozone depletion
• Reduced ozone causes the stratosphere to absorb less solar radiation, thus cooling the stratosphere while warming the troposphere; the resulting colder stratosphere also emits less long-wave radiation downward, thus cooling the troposphere. Overall, the cooling dominates
• Ozone depleting chemicals are also greenhouse gases.
• One of the strongest predictions of the greenhouse effect is that the stratosphere will cool, due to less infra red radiation coming up from the surface and greater radiative cooling of the stratosphere due to more CO2.

Ozone is also created at the surface due to photochemical reactions between various man made pollutants, this adds to the greenhouse warming but is nothing to do with the ozone depletion in the stratosphere.

Short Answer: The ozone layer protects the DNA of all surface dwelling life, by absorbing UltraViolet-B from our Sun.

More detail

The ozone layer is the product of very short wave Ultraviolet light (UV-B) breaking apart oxygen molecules. When ozone is formed, it serves to block energetic UV (UV-B) that other molecules don't, and acts to moderate day / night temperature swings a little bit.

Ozone absorbs UV-B, which would otherwise damage our DNA, and the DNA of all surface dwellers on Earth (including phytoplankton in the oceans). This absorption of UV-B or more energetic light breaks the ozone down into an oxygen molecule and a single oxygen atom. A few of these fragments reassemble as ozone. But primarily UV-B is required to break apart more oxygen to make replacement ozone.

The ozone layer is like a blanket that shields Earth (not just the living things). It is a "greenhouse gas" that moderates day / night temperature swings, and allows the "heat" of the nitrogen and oxygen at altitude to be radiated away (both up and down).

Diseases that increase as the ozone layer gets thinner...

• cataracts
• skin cancer (melanoma)
• cancer in general
• malnutrition / starvation (since our food crops are similarly attacked)

Short answer:

Causes: Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and other halogens (all man-made gases) emitted from industry rise to the stratosphere where ultraviolet radiation breaks them up and releases their chlorine. Chlorine destroys the ozone layer.

Effects: Decreasing ozone means increases in melanoma (skin cancer), cataracts, famine (loss of arable land, and damage to crops). This would only occur in areas that had this thinning or hole in the ozone.

CFCs and related halocarbon gases are the main cause of ozone depletion all over the world. CFCs released from Western countries take several years to reach the stratosphere where the ozone layer is. During that time winds spread them all over the world. In the presence of ultraviolet light these gases release chlorine and bromine atoms which destroy some of the ozone in the ozone layer. This is called ozone depletion. The ozone hole is a related but different phenomenon.

Effects:

Earth's surface receives more UltraViolet-B, as ozone is the only gas currently in our atmosphere that absorbs UltraViolet-B. UltraViolet-B is also absorbed by soil, meters depth of water, and directly by the DNA of all surface life. DNA absorbing UltraViolet-B ends up increasing rates of cancer, mutation, and decreases crop yields. UltraViolet-B also causes cataracts to form in eye structures in animals (including Man).

It is in the stratosphere, located 8 to 50km above sea level. The ozone layer surrounds the earth, meaning that it's wrapped around earth. The altitude varies with latitude as well, placing the stratosphere and the ozone layer closer to the Earth's surface over the poles.

The highest concentration of ozone is in the lower stratosphere, also called the tropopause, and the ozone here is called the ozone layer. Ozone is also found in the lower atmosphere, also called the troposphere, and the ozone here is one component of smog.

Ozone concentrations vary from near zero at extreme elevations (high in the exosphere), to a maximum (~9 ppm) at the bottom of the stratosphere, to zero again near Earth's surface (the troposphere ends here). So some ozone is found in every layer of the atmosphere (usually less than 1 ppm, except for the stratosphere).

When it is winter at one of the poles, there is no UV-C to make ozone, and since ozone decays with time, an "ozone hole" forms. The size of the hole depends on how many contaminants are present to accelerate the decay of ozone.
Ozone is concentrated at 20-40 km above earth with highest concentration 6-8 parts per million. It is present in the stratosphere of the earth's atmosphere.

Briefly:

CFCs and similar man-made gases break down the ozone in the stratosphere allowing in harmful ultraviolet radiation. The ozone hole happens mostly in Antarctica where four months of winter darkness create ideal conditions for the destruction.

Ozone is a protective layer in the upper atmosphere. It is formed, when oxygen molecules absorb short wavelength ultra violet radiations from the sun. Ozone is mostly destroyed by the free radicals in the atmosphere. When compounds like CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons) are released, they are dissociated by sunlight into chloride radicals. These radicals attack ozone, thereby decreasing its concentration. This results in hole in the ozone layer.

The hole in the ozone layer happens because the ozone in the stratosphere is destroyed by chlorine and bromine from halogen atoms. These atoms come from man-made halocarbon refrigerator gases (chlorofluorocarbons [CFCs], freons and halons) which are emitted at ground level but move up into the ozone layer. These gases all contain chlorine and bromine.

Ozone (O3) is formed when ultraviolet (UV) light strikes an oxygen molecule (O2), converting it into two oxygen ions (O). These oxygen ions (O) combine with other oxygen molecules (O2) to form ozone (O3). Later, another oxygen ion (O) will combine with the ozone molecule (O3) to form two oxygen molecules (O2). This is the natural ozone-oxygen cycle of the earth.

The ozone layer prevents the harmful ultraviolet B-waves (UV-B) from reaching the earth. Increased exposure to UV-B is thought to be responsible for increases in skin cancer, eye cataracts and damage to plants and plankton. Because of this the nations of the world in 1989 adopted the Montreal Protocol which bans production of CFCs, halons and other ozone-depleting chemicals.

The ozone hole happens during the spring in Antarctica (Sept to Dec). Polar Stratospheric Clouds (PSCs) form during the all-dark winter. When spring arrives and UV light appears again, crystals of ice and nitric acid in these clouds help to release the chlorine and bromine atoms from the halocarbon gases. These destroy the ozone. (A single chlorine atom can continue destroying ozone for up to two years, reacting with up to 100,000 ozone molecules.)

Because the concept of man made pollution doesn't cover all of what we see, another look at the issue is demanded. In the man induced theory, the depletion of ozone is due to release of man-made chemicals such as chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) compounds.

Over time these heavier then air chemicals work their way up into the upper stratosphere. CFC's break apart under UV radiation releasing chlorine atoms that would destroy ozone.

Assuming this man induced theory on the origin of the ozone hole is correct, the area most affected would be the mid-Latitude Northern Hemisphere where the industry and population centers in the U.S., Canada, Europe, India, Asia, Russia, China and Japan exist. This is precisely what is not happening! This area is where the least action occurs.

Instead, we are observing a substantial annual ozone hole in one area only, the Antarctic and then only during times of no sunlight (the polar winter). Once the sun returns, the hole disappears quickly. A substantially smaller hole (NASA calls this the dimple because it is so small) is also known to occur over the world's second cleanest area, the Arctic.

A second issue exists. The sun often generates explosions that produce bursts of high-energy protons. These are called Solar Proton Events. Ozone layer density on Earth can be dramatically affected by SPE's, which can locally decrease ozone content in the stratosphere up to 5%.

Some events that have caused serious dents in our levels of ozone levels can be measured using Nitrate Spike Signatures.

They show us large thinning of our ozone layer occurred prior to the creation of CFC's in September of 1859 and in July 1892.

Thirdly, There is growing evidence that ozone levels at the poles is directly connected to the strength of our magnetic fields. The ever weakening fields are believed to be assisting with the size and strength of the ozone hole. Projections for the hole, if tied to magnetic levels of the planet, are for an increasing hole, despite the banning of CFC's.

It is unfortunate that many confuse ozone depletion (which could be a man induced issue) with this natural event. Please see the related link below for a peer reviewed explanation of the natural event we refer to as the hole in the ozone layer;

Bad gases such as Carbon Dioxide and other fumes harm the Ozone layer. CFC (A fluorocarbon with chlorine; formerly used as a refrigerant and as a propellant in aerosol cans) is also the main problem in which the ozone has become thinner. It has been banned in 1966, but the effects are still slow.

The ozone hole is a natural event that occurs when it is winter at a pole. UV-C is required to replace ozone that is decayed (naturally or otherwise), and in winter at a pole, it gets no UV-C, so the ozone decays to very low levels. It also heals up towards spring, such that there is no ozone hole once UV-C from the Sun arrives.

See "How did the ozone hole occur?"

More information:

The "hole" in the ozone layer is not a hole in any real sense of the word, but a thinning of the amount of ozone in the atmosphere over the Antarctic during the end of the winter. This hole has been naturally occurring for centuries and is due, almost exclusively, to the lack of sunlight over this area during the long winter. A smaller, but similar situation occurs over the Arctic during the end of it's winter months. NASA refers to this thinning area as the dimple due to the small size when compared to the Antarctic's situation. Solar activity is also a known issue for the amount of ozone in our atmosphere. The largest known thinning of that we know of actually occurred in 1859 and is believed to have been caused by solar activity. CFC's are also having some contributory affect on the amount of thinning of the ozone.

Ozone depletion was observed to increase as emissions of halo-carbons increased.

Ozone is a protective layer in the upper atmosphere. It is formed when oxygen molecules absorb short wavelength ultra violet radiations from the sun. Ozone is mostly destroyed by free radicals in the atmosphere.

When compounds like CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons) and other halocarbons are released, they are dissociated by sunlight into chloride radicals. These radicals attack ozone, thereby decreasing its concentration. This results in a thinning of the ozone layer, and in polar regions, a hole.

The holes occur at the poles, and usually in Antarctica because of the extreme cold. During the winter polar stratospheric clouds form which are able to convert gases in the atmosphere into Cl (chlorine) and ClO (chlorine monoxide). When the sun arrives at the end of winter, that is the trigger to begin. This is why the hole is largest in spring.

The ozone hole occurs once a year at each pole. The southern polar hole is larger than the northern polar hole due the fact that the southern pole is much colder than the northern pole. The size of the hole is what is of concern and is caused by chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and halogens from human industry.

Ozone decays naturally with time. With the axial tilt that Earth has, once each year (local winter) each pole stops receiving the UV-C that turns some oxygen into ozone. So the ozone starts decaying, and a hole forms. The only ozone the pole gets at this time, diffuses in from areas that are still receiving UV-C. So the ozone would be exceedingly thin at this time. The presence of the polar jet stream prevents the ozone at the poles (during local winter) from being replenished as it is throughout the year otherwise.

Add contaminants to the mix, and the amount of ozone drastically decreases. Water vapor (natural and Man-sourced), chlorine (most commonly Man-sourced, carried by CFCs), and bromine (most commonly natural, but likely some Man-sourced, carried for example in halon) all have shown abilities in depleting ozone.

The concentration of ozone at any point is a balance of incident UV-C from the Sun (both making and destroying ozone), UV-B from the Sun (destroys ozone when absorbed), time, and compounds that can accelerate the decay of ozone.

The southern hole is larger because it is so much colder. It is cold enough to form something known as Polar Stratospheric Clouds (PSCs). These form a deposition site for the radicals in the atmosphere that are responsible for ozone depletion. These radicals can be recycled after use so that one molecule of contaminant (chlorine) is responsible for the destruction of several thousand molecules of ozone.

Short answer:

Yes, the ozone layer filters out all the UV-C (the most dangerous ultra-violet radiation) and most of the UV-B. The least dangerous radiation is UV-A, and most of this reaches the surface of the earth.

More detail:

Oxygen and nitrogen are the primary absorbers of UV-C and more energetic light (X-rays, gamma rays from space), and they do this completely by the lower stratosphere. One side effect of their absorption of this light, is they make ozone. This ozone is concentrated here, since it is unstable, and the "ozone layer" is formed. Some recombines into N2O*, which later forms either ozone or more stable NOx (if it encounters water vapor first). Some single oxygen atoms encounter O2 and make ozone directly.

Ozone absorbs UV light shorter than 260 nm or so. This includes UV-B, UV-C and more energetic light. Only ozone in our atmosphere absorbs UV-B, which would otherwise be stopped only by soil, meters depth of water, or the DNA of all surface life on Earth.

Additionally, the natural and Man-made "greenhouse gases" in our atmosphere (carbon dioxide, water vapor, ozone, for examples), serve to allow visible light and UV-A in to Earth's surface, but moderate the transmission of infrared light back to space... keeping Earth a tad bit warmer than it would otherwise be without an atmosphere.

Long wave UV (UV-A) and visible light always gets through the ozone layer. As the ozone layer is thinned, additional energetic UV (UV-B) gets through, which will cause problems down here on the surface.

As UV is absorbed, and used in a reaction O3 + uv light = O + O2 ,

Ozone directly absorbs UV-B and either becomes oxygen, or becomes ozone again, with the light scattered again in random directions.

When UV hits the Ozone (O3) it is 'absorbed,' meaning the energy is used to split the ozone into Oxygen gas (O2) and an Oxygen free radical (O). The remaining energy from the UV light is re-emitted as infra-red (heat).

O3 + UV-B -> O2 + O

The Ozone layer is situated on the upper stratosphere. Ozone (O3) is very unstable gas. Ozone is the only gas in our atmosphere that absorbs UV-B.

Oxygen and nitrogen molecules absorb UV-C and more energetic light, and later recombine in different forms. Oxygen atoms sometimes recombine to form ozone, and this primarily occurs in the lower stratosphere... and forms the ozone layer.

Oxygen and nitrogen protect us from very short wave UV, by absorbing the light and breaking apart.

Similarly, ozone has an extra resonance (than its parent oxygen), and can absorb less energetic UV, stuff that still causes cancer, and ozone breaks apart into oxygen gas and a oxygen atom looking for a place to land.

Infrared radiation such as the sun which is blocked by the ozone layer. Such as why to much time in the sun will give you skin cancer. Also it reminds you of when you go to the dentist, whoever is taking your x-ray never stays in the same room and that is why they put a huge metal pad over you. If they did not, it might give them cancer.

Oxygen and nitrogen absorb UV-C. Some of the "shattered" oxygen forms ozone. The UV-C mostly ends up as both heat, and re-emitted as less energetic light in a random direction.

Ozone absorbs UV-B (and some UV-C). The UV-B mostly ends up as heat, and re-emitted as less energetic light in a random direction. Some of the ozone is destroyed in the process of absorbing UV-C or UV-B, and little of it reforms as ozone.

Since atmospheric gases have very low absorptivity / emissivity at visible and IR wavelengths, they do not contribute to heating the surface of the Earth to any great extent. Ozone does have some limited resonance in the IR range, which is why it is called a greenhouse gas too. But it has very low concentration.

UV- C is filtered out but UV-A and UV-B however are not. UV-B is the radiation which begins oxidization of your skin and UV-A is the rays in which change the pigmentation of your skin togive you a tan, UV-C is the only extremely harmful rays and the ozone layer does in fact block them out.

Ozone breaks down in the ozone layer in the following major ways:

• N2O* encounters water vapor, and can no longer help form ozone.
• Ozone absorbs UV-C or UV-B and most of it will break back down to oxygen.
• Ozone has a natural half-life, and decays spontaneously with time and temperature back to oxygen.
• Ozone encounters water vapor, and forms hydrogen peroxide.
• Ozone encounters a photocatalyst (like CFC, HCFC, Halon), and is converted back to oxygen.

CFCs, HCFCs, and Halon:

The ozone layer is destroyed by CFC's, chlorofluorocarbons, that are used as a propellant in aerosol cans, and refrigerants in older cars and refrigerators. When Chlorofluorocarbons (Freon and other CFCs) and Bromofluorocarbons (Halons) they became popular refrigerants and fire fighting agents. As the compounds were inert and thought to pose no damage to health or the environment they were handed without much consideration for losses. As a consequence the concentrations of these materials built up in the atmosphere. However (there's always a however) when the materials reached the stratosphere the were acted on by ultraviolet radiation and broke down releasing chlorine and bromine into the ozone layer. The ozone layer is the earth's ultraviolet shield. The chemistry is such that the chlorine and bromine attack the ozone, reducing it to ordinary oxygen which as no shielding effect from UV-B. The complex chemical reactions allow the chlorine and bromine to interact again and again with ozone molecules, until they eventually leave the ozone layer bonded to some other compound. Since the Montreal Protocol was developed to control and ban the use of these compounds the ozone layer has improved. But due to the long-lasting impact the problem will not be resolved totally for many years.

Water Vapor:

The ozone layer is strongly negatively affected by the presence of water vapor. Not only does it suppress the formation of ozone, but it provides another decay path. Whenever there is large quantities of anomalous stuff associated with an ozone hole (clouds, NOx, more), it is compounds that are daughters of the suppression of ozone by water vapor. Water vapor carried in some part by high altitude aircraft (which also reduce the oxygen locally from which ozone is made).

Depletion of available oxygen:

Ozone is formed from oxygen. Processes / actions that reduce the viable plant life that make oxygen, are depleting ozone. Ozone is not "leaving the Earth", it is not being harvested by aliens, or being sprayed into deep space. Ozone is unstable (it decays with time, back into oxygen), it will attack any other molecule that is not protected by fluorine, and it breaks down when UV-B or more energetic light hits it. Our ozone layer depends on UV-C from the Sun to make some new "fresh" ozone each day, some survives all night long. Contaminants, as described above, decrease the equilibrium ozone concentration. Allowing more UV-B to arrive at Earth's surface, and damage us and our food sources.

The ozone hole size as a measure of overall ozone depletion:

Some of the ozone hole is natural. Some of the depletion of ozone is due to "natural factors". Man-made chemicals seem to be concentrated in regions of low ozone concentration, and these have been otherwise shown to destroy ozone. Man also dumps water vapor high in the atmosphere, and water vapor also destroys ozone. Assessing the damage we have done to the ozone layer will be hard to do without more data. We had a record sized ozone hole (2006) and we have not decreased too much percentage-wise since then (2008). But we simply don't know how much we are responsible for. Does it matter? We are not required to feel guilty. We are stewards. This is our home. We know what we have to do to help Nature repair the damage (and any damage is reversible, hopefully without eliminating Man first). When CFCs are present in the stratosphere they reacted on by ultra violet light to release a chloride ion. The ion breaks down an ozone molecule to create an oxygen molecule and ionic oxygen. The ionic oxygen releases more chloride ions to break down more ozone and CFCs

The end result is the ozone is converted to oxygen quicker than natural processes can replace it Ozone depletion may be occurring because of the inadvertent actions of Man. It appears that water vapor in the upper atmosphere and compounds like CFCs have increased due to the actions of Man. It depletes every year at the pole, when it is winter at the pole. Ozone decays with time, and there is no UV-C from the Sun to make more when that pole is having winter. Not sure it is being entirely destroyed. Ozone has even been found on Mars, and it has almost no free oxygen. Mostly likely candidates for the thinning of the ozone layers are:

• water vapor
• CFCs

Chlorine and chlorine-based compounds, create a surface on which ozone can be broken apart or destroyed. This is mainly why CFC's (chlorofluorocarbons) were banned by law, because they destroyed ozone. Note that the prefix chloro is in chlorofluorocarbons, meaning that the reason ozone was destroyed by CFC's was due to the fact that CFC's were chlorine-based compounds. because they made a hole in it. Chlorofluorocarbons are the main cause of global warming. It's kind of like if you burnt a hole in a piece of paper it can't be fixed.

Ultra Violet Rays:

The sun's ultra violet rays are also damaging the ozone layer from the outside because the ozone layer protects us from the sun's harmful rays while we are depleting the ozone layer from the inside by releasing carbon dioxide and other ozone depleting substances into the atmosphere.
Chlorine atoms break away from the CFCs and destroy the ozone molecules. This allows harmful UV radiation to reach the earth.

Ozone production in general:

Ozone in the ozone layer is formed when UV-C from the Sun dissociates an oxygen molecule, and some of those now-loose oxygen molecules connect with an oxygen molecule to form ozone.

Ozone in a rain storm is made by lightning dissociating oxygen molecules, and the rest occurs as above.

Ozone in tropospheric ozone pollution is directly made by internal combustion engines, but mostly by photoproduction when NOx (from combustion exhaust), and VOC (unburned fuel and "cow farts") are converted by violet or more energetic light into ozone and nitrogen gas (and the VOC just moves on).

Ozone in medical / industry / water treatment is made either by UV lamps (for low concentrations) or by electrical discharge dissociating oxygen molecules, and the rest occurs as above.

Ozone in the bloodstream is made by white blood cells (along with other powerful oxidants) in very tiny areas, when fighting infection at a site. The resultant of this fight is called "inflammation" or "swelling".

In the upper atmosphere: Light from the Sun breaks apart oxygen molecules (UV wavelengths of 215nm or shorter). Some of this monatomic oxygen combines with nitrogen molecules, some with oxygen molecules to make ozone, but most with other monatomic oxygen. Some of the nitrogen+oxygen molecules can catch lower energy light (still UV, but more available) and make ozone also. As the density of the atmosphere increases, this happens more and more often, until there is little / no UV-C available to break apart more oxygen molecules.

"Running out of UV-C" happens in the upper atmsophere. This is the bottom of the stratosphere / top of the troposphere, where ozone is at its peak concentration... the 'ozone layer". The atmosphere increases with density as the light comes from higher elevation, and eventually, all the UV-C has been absorbed. So ozone increases with decreasing elevation until it gets to the bottom of the stratosphere (where the ozone layer is located), where its concentration falls off pretty sharply with further decreases in altitude.

Scavengers of ozone are water vapor (decays ozone making hydrogen peroxide, blocks the nitrogen+oxygen path of ozone formation), any compound / process that consumes oxygen, and catalysts (such as some chlorine compounds) that convert ozone back to oxygen. Absorption of UV-C or UV-B by ozone, also breaks apart the ozone molecule (only some of which reforms as ozone later).

So the concentration of ozone at any given point is a balance of ozone production, ozone diffusion from adjacent areas, and ozone decay from just time and contaminants from other sources (both natural and Man-caused).

Global warming and climate change alters earth's normal doings, thereby affecting its weather patterns and changing the conditions of its various spheres.

Possible effects of global warming include;

• drought,
• violent and severe storms,
• frequent flooding due to ice meltdown,
• loss of organisms natural habitats,
• torrential/heavy rainfall,
• rapid spread of disease,
• competition for survival between animals and human,
• water pollution and decrease in ocean salinity,
• new species invasion,
• migration and climate refugees, and
• triggering of man-made disasters.

In many areas droughts are more severe than would be otherwise, leading to increased danger of fire or crop failure. Ocean levels, of course, continue to rise. This has not yet resulted in substantial coastal flooding, but the rate is projected to increase.

Extinctions are expected to continue, with climate factors gaining on and exacerbating habitat loss. Plant and animal ranges are expected to shift to higher latitudes, some of which has already been observed.

To stop the ozone hole, curb CFC's. They are the ones that deplete ozone.

The ozone hole can be reduced by:

• avoiding CFC containing products

There are many ways to stop the ozone hole. Stop Aerosol sprays, stop AC's, stop deodorants, stop CFC's.

CFC's react with ozone and cause a hole in the layer.