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The '''ozone depletion''' theory states that emissions of [[freon]] from air conditioners and spray cans have (1) depleted the sky's [[ozone layer]] which (2) caused more harmful [[ultraviolet]] sunlight to reach the Earth's surface which in turn (3) increased the incidence of deadly human [[skin cancer]].
The '''ozone depletion''' theory states that emissions of [[freon]] from air conditioners and spray cans have (1) depleted the sky's [[ozone layer]] which (2) caused more harmful [[ultraviolet]] sunlight to reach the Earth's surface which in turn (3) increased the incidence of deadly human [[skin cancer]].
This theory is controversial, but politicians worldwide accepted it; see [[Montreal Protocol]].
This theory is well accepted within the scientific community. The 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Paul Cruzen, Mario Molina, and Sherwood Rowland for describing the process by which chlorofluorocarbons degrade stratospheric ozone into elemental oxygen.
==See also==
[[Montreal Protocol]]
==External links==
*[http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ozone-depletion/uv/ Ozone Depletion FAQ Part IV: UV Radiation and its Effects]
*[https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1995/press.html Press Release: The 1995 Nobel Prize in Chemistry]
[[Category:Environmentalism]]