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Why is a depletion of the ozone layer harmful?

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because otherwise the harmful Ultraviolet rays of the sun penetrates the Earth's surface and causes numerous diseases in humans like skin cancer, cataract etc.

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because with out them ultra violet rays would affect earths surface
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