Ozone depletion

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the reduction in the stratospheric ozone layer. Stratospheric ozone shields the earth from ultraviolet radiation. The breakdown of certain chlorine and/or bromine-containing compounds that catalytically destroy ozone molecules in the stratosphere can cause a reduction in the ozone layer. 


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