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'Ozone Day' Meant for Learning
September 16, 2009 | KRIV FOX 7 Houston, TX

Protecting the ozone layer
March 19, 2009 | KVUE Austin, TX

Eco-kids Project
February 18, 2009 | KXMB CBS Bismarck North D

Ozone Layer Wikipedia Information

The ozone layer is a layer in Earth's atmosphere which contains relatively high concentrations of ozone (O₃). This layer absorbs 97-99% of the suns high frequency ultraviolet light which is potentially damaging to life on Earth. Over 90% of ozone in earths atmosphere is present here. ...

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Skin Cancer is Most Common Cancer in US, Yet One of the Most Preventable
May 18, 2012
WASHINGTON, May 17, 2012 – As summer quickly approaches, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has joined the National Council on Skin Cancer...

Vulnerable Island Nation Calls for Fast Action on Climate Change under Ozone Treaty
May 11, 2012
Washington, DC, May 11, 2012 – With prospects for a comprehensive climate treaty now delayed until 2020, the Federated States of Micronesia today called on the...

ESA finds that Venus has an ozone layer too
October 06, 2011
Venus Express has two solar cell panels per wing comprising alternating rows of standard triple junction solar cells as well as highly reflective mirrors to...

Other local news reports

Uncorked: High- altitude wines gain color, flavor
February 22, 2012 | AppealDemocrat
Ernesto'' Nesti'' Bajda's idea is this: Halfway up the Andes Mountains, the ozone layer is thinner and the sun is more intense, so the grape skins grow thicker, making...

Caution urged when storing methyl bromide- treated produce
July 29, 2011 | UC Davis News
It is being phased out of use because studies have shown that it contributes to the destruction of the Earth's ozone layer. The research team's recommendations resulted from...

From around the web

Whatever Happened To Acid Rain?
May 16, 2012 | PSFK Trend: PSFK
What happened to acid rain and the ozone layer problems -- have they been solved? ...

Should there be penalties for deliberately spreading disinformation to mislead the...
April 01, 2012 | reddit.com: what's new online
As examples, I bring up the disinformation campaigns waged by the tobacco industry (denying that smoking caused cancer), the aerosol industry (denying that CFCs damaged the ozone layer ...

Government Saving the Ozone Layer One Asthma Inhaler at a Time
September 25, 2011 | michellemalkin.com
The action is part of an agreement signed by the U.S. and other nations to stop using substances that deplete the ozone layer, a region in the atmosphere that helps block harmful...

Popular inhaler will be pulled off shelves
December 07, 2011 | DesMoinesRegister.com
The over-the-counter rescue inhaler, advertised as a safe, effective treatment for more than 40 years, will no longer be sold after Dec. 31 because it contains chlorofluorocarbons, which decrease the Earth's ozone layer ...

F. Sherwood Rowland, 84, Dies; Raised Alarm Over Aerosols
March 12, 2012 | New York Times
Dr. Rowland's discovery of the danger to the ozone layer presented by chlorinated fluorocarbons in aerosols was met with disdain, but the research later won him a Nobel Prize. ...

Exciting FDA green initiative: Banning over- the- counter asthma inhalers to save...
September 23, 2011 | Vent

Ozone Layer on twitter

	#truestory >.<" RT @NasreenAras: ahn4f The ozone layer is getting thinner and thinner. That's why. -,- Twitter: @ahn4f
	Health threats posed by ozone layer depletion - http://t.co/2xZrSoK6 via @LouieWrites Twitter: @CreativeJose
	I spray aerosols at the ozone layer #HeardYouLikeBadBoys Twitter: @treb88k
	If the ozone layer really evaporated, as it might, well, they'd start using sunblock just to walk the streets, and maybe that would... Twitter: @kodypysixycor
	#tfb #taf #followback #teamfollowback climate change global warming green energy greenhouse effect ozone layer (at)climate_source Twitter: @climate_source
	There were signs everywhere telling people to be mindful of the hole in the ozone layer, and he knew that sun-caused skin cancer wasn't a.. Twitter: @fodalohigoh