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What depletes the ozone layer, and what are the health effects of ozone layer depletion?

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Greenhouse gases depletes the ozone layer which is bad because it increases the radiation from the sun which increases our chances of skin conditions or cancers
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Ozone layer depletion increases the amount of UVB that reaches the Earth's surface. Laboratory an epidemilogical studies demonstrate that UBV causes non-melanoma skin cancer and plays a major role in malignant melanoma development.

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