Bolivia Takes
Measures For Ozone
Layer Protection
La Paz - Bolivia
suspended the consumption of
chlorofluorocarbon (CFC), which is mainly
responsible for ozone depletion, to protect
the ozone layer, local press said on Monday.
According to local press, Bolivian
Environment, Bio-diversity and Climate
Changes Vice Minister Juan Pablo Ramos said
that the measure was taken as part of the
Montreal Protocol, which prohibits the
production and usage of the CFC.
The CFC is derivative from saturated
hydrocarbons obtained by the replacement of
hydrogen atoms by fluorine or chlorine
atoms.
The ozone layer prevents most harmful UVB
wavelengths of ultraviolet light (UV light)
from passing through the Earth's atmosphere.
The catalytic destruction of the ozone is
due to the atomic chlorine and bromine, and
the main source of these halogen atoms in
the stratosphere is the CFC compounds, as
well as the bromofluoro carbon compounds
known as halons. These compounds are
transported into the stratosphere after
being emitted at the surface.
It is suspected that a variety of biological
consequences such as the increases in cases
of skin cancer, damage to plants, and
reduction of plankton populations in the
ocean's photic zone are resulted from the
increased UV exposure due to ozone
depletion.
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