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The ozone layer is a layer of ozone particles scattered about 30 miles up
in the Earth's atmosphere. This region is called the stratosphere, it is
this layer that's being damaged by our pollution. If the ozone layer did not
exist, the ultraviolet radiation from the Sun would not be stopped from
arriving at the surface of the earth and causing damage.
The ozone layer is already being destroyed naturally, in an unpolluted atmosphere there is a balance between the amount of ozone being
produced and the amount of ozone being used.
In the Earth’s lower atmosphere, near ground level, ozone is formed when
pollutants emitted by cars, power plants, industrial plants, and other
sources, react chemically in the presence of sunlight Ozone at this level is
a harmful pollutant.
A group of chemicals known as halocarbons destroy ozone, the most
familiar of these are chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs).
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