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View Full Version : Destruction of ozone layer is slowing after worldwide ban on CFC release


Ivan Seeking
Jul31-03, 01:24 AM
"WASHINGTON - The rate at which ozone is being destroyed in the upper stratosphere is slowing, and the levels of ozone-destroying chlorine in that layer of the atmosphere have peaked and are going down -- the first clear evidence that a worldwide reduction in chlorofluorocarbon pollution is having the desired effect, according to a new study."

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-07/agu-doo072903.php