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Sep 25 2017 06:45 PM | eds in Economy & Politics
UN Secretary-General António Guterres,
. . . highlighted the positive impacts of the
. . . Montreal Protocol on:
. . . . . . human health,
. . . . . . poverty eradication,
. . . . . . climate change, and
. . . . . . protecting the food chain,
. . . at a 30th anniversary celebration.
The Earth’s ozone layer would have collapsed by
. . . 2050 with catastrophic consequences, without the
. . . Montreal Protocol, studies have shown.
There would have been an additional:
. . . . . . 280 million cases of skin cancer,
. . . . . . 1.5 million skin cancer deaths, and
. . . . . . 45 million cataracts in the United States,
. . . according to the U.S. EPA.
The chemicals that “eat” ozone,
. . . are also super-greenhouse gases,
. . . thousands of times more potent than CO2.
And that would have meant the potential intensity of hurricanes, and cyclones,
. . . would have increased 3 times, another study found.
By the late 1970s, scientists proved chemicals used in:
. . . . . . fridges,
. . . . . . air conditioners, and
. . . . . . aerosol cans, were damaging this ozone shield.
But the chemical industry argued the science was uncertain, and
. . . more research was needed.
Then, in 1985,
. . . a gigantic hole appeared in the ozone layer over Antarctica,
. . . allowing dangerous levels of UV radiation to reach the surface.
By 1987 the Montreal Protocol was created,
. . . to reduce the amounts of those chemicals.
9-25-2017 Source: #climate change
. . . highlighted the positive impacts of the
. . . Montreal Protocol on:
. . . . . . human health,
. . . . . . poverty eradication,
. . . . . . climate change, and
. . . . . . protecting the food chain,
. . . at a 30th anniversary celebration.
The Earth’s ozone layer would have collapsed by
. . . 2050 with catastrophic consequences, without the
. . . Montreal Protocol, studies have shown.
There would have been an additional:
. . . . . . 280 million cases of skin cancer,
. . . . . . 1.5 million skin cancer deaths, and
. . . . . . 45 million cataracts in the United States,
. . . according to the U.S. EPA.
The chemicals that “eat” ozone,
. . . are also super-greenhouse gases,
. . . thousands of times more potent than CO2.
And that would have meant the potential intensity of hurricanes, and cyclones,
. . . would have increased 3 times, another study found.
By the late 1970s, scientists proved chemicals used in:
. . . . . . fridges,
. . . . . . air conditioners, and
. . . . . . aerosol cans, were damaging this ozone shield.
But the chemical industry argued the science was uncertain, and
. . . more research was needed.
Then, in 1985,
. . . a gigantic hole appeared in the ozone layer over Antarctica,
. . . allowing dangerous levels of UV radiation to reach the surface.
By 1987 the Montreal Protocol was created,
. . . to reduce the amounts of those chemicals.
9-25-2017 Source: #climate change
