INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE PRESERVATION OF OZONE LAYER - SEPTEMBER 16


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OZONE LAYER WAS DISCOVERED BY TWO PHYSICTS - HENZRI BUISSON AND CHARLES FABRY IN 1913 .  OZONE IS A FORM OF OXYGEN AND IS ONE OF THE MANY LAYERS WITHIN THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE THAT HAS THE ABILITY TO ABSORB ALMOST  99 % OF THE SUN'S  ULTRA VIOLET RADIATION OTHERWISE THIS ULTRA VIOLET LIGHT COULD POTENTIALLY DESTROY LIVING THINGS AND CREATURES ON EARTH.

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SCIENTISTS REVEALED THAT THIS LAYER IS GRADUALLY DEPLETING DUE TO HUMAN ACTIVITIES SUCH AS CARBON EMISSIONS FROM INDUSTRIALISED COUNTRIES. (CFC) CHLOROFLUROCARBON WAS DEVELOPED IN 1930 AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO AMMONIA FOR THE PURPOSE OF REFRIGERATION.  CHLOROFLUROCARBON CONTAINS CARBON, CHLORINE AND FLUORINE WHICH IS ONE OF THE MAIN OZONE LAYER DEPLETING SUBSTANCE.  WHEN CHLOROFLUROCARBON (CFC) GETS INTO STRATOSPHERE THE ULTRA VIOLET RADIATION FROM THE SUN BREAKS UP THE CFC's .  THIS ACTION RELEASES CHLORINE ATOMS WHICH REACT WITH OZONE LAYER AND DESTROY THE GOOD OZONE MOLECULES IN THE STRATOSPHERE.  ONE CHLORINE ATOM CAN DESTROY OVER 100,000 OZONE MOLECULES BEFORE IT IS REMOVED FROM THE STRATOSPHERE.  CHLOROFLUROCARBON WAS BANNED BY MANY COUNTRIES AND REPLACED BY HYDROFLUROCARBONS (HFCs) WHICH ALSO ACTS TO WARM THE PLANET CHANGING GLOBAL CLIMATE.  NEARLY 84% CHLORINE ENTERING THE STRATOSPHERE IS FROM MAN MADE SOURCES SUCH AS CFCs AND HCFCs  AND THE REMAINING 16% IS FROM NATURAL SOURCES LIKE OCEAN AND VOLCANOES


International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer (UN)

ON 16 SEPT. 1987 LEADERS FROM 24 COUNTRIES ACROSS THE GLOBE PARTICIPATED IN THE MONTREAL PROTOCOL EVENT AND PLEDGED TO REFORM ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS IN THE INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES AND IN 1994 THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROCLAIMED 16 SEPTEMBER TO BE  OBSERVED AS THE INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE PRESERVATION  OF OZONE LAYER WITH THE AIM TO RAISE AWARENESS OF THE FRAGILE NATURE OF OZONE LAYER AND THE ROLE IT PLAYS IN THE CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS.  THIS DAY IS TO EDUCATE OTHERS ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF OZONE LAYER AND WHY WE NEED TO PROTECT IT.

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PREVENT OZONE DEPLETION

AVOID CHLOROFLUROCARBON PRODUCTS LIKE HAIR SPRAY FRESHNERS, COSMETICS, AEROSOL IN PLASTIC CONTAINERS.

REPLACE CFC WITH HCFC's AS HCFC's CONTAIN FLUORINE AND LESS CHLORINE AS COMPARED TO CFC.  IT IS USED IN COOLANTS AND INSULATING FOAM IN REFRIGERATORS.

PREVENT EXCESSIVE VEHICLE SMOKE EMISSION CAUSING AIR POLLUTION

USE ECO-FRIENDLY PRODUCTS

LIMIT EXCESSIVE USE OF PESTICIDES

DO NOT BURN PLASTICS AND RUBBER TIERS

AVOID SMOKING

INCREASE SOLAR POWER

DECREASE DEFORESTATION.  PLANT MORE TREES

DO BACKYARD GARDENING IN YOUR HOUSE.  GROW VEGETABLES. GO GREEN

EDUCATE AND SPREAD AWARENESS ABOUT HARMFUL EFFECTS OF OZONE DEPLETION LIKE CHANGE IN WIND PATTERN, GLOBAL WARMING, CAUSING SKIN BURNS, SKIN CANCER, DAMAGE IMMUNE SYSTEM, DESTROY MICROSCOPIC ORGANISMS, ALTER LIFESTYLE OF PLANTS ,  ULTRA VIOLET RAYS FROM SUN CAN ADVERSELY IMPACT THE ENVIRONMENT.  

LET US TAKE STEPS TO PRESERVE THE OZONE LAYER. 








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