Ozone - All there is between you and UV...

“There is an intricate link between nature and us. For better or worse, changes in one will affect the other.”

            From horse carts to limousines, we have seen it all. The advent in technology has amazed this planet as much as the many challenges it faces for now and will face in the times to come. One of these many challenges is ozone depletion.
            
Imagine roaming around with your family in your favorite holiday destinations all covered up from head to toe out of the fear of sun burns, developing an early cataract, suppression of immunity and last but not the least, skin cancer! Well, imagining itself won’t do much good to us, understanding and doing something about it will. It is about time that we did.
      
       The UN General Assembly had declared 16 September the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer in the year 1994, honoring the date of the signing of the Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer in the year 1987 (resolution 49/114).
       
         16th September 2015 marks the 30th anniversary of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer, an important milestone in the protection of the ozone layer. United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) has come up with an apt theme to commemorate the anniversary and this year’s International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.

“Ozone: All there is between you and UV.”“30 years of healing the ozone together.”

Is there a need to be aware of ozone depletion?The answer is YES!

Here is what an unprotected exposure to UV light can do to your health 
1.      Skin cancers
2.      Sunburns and
3.      Premature aging of the skin
4.      Early cataract
5.      Suppression of some aspects of immunity

       The ozone layer is all that is between “you and UV”. This is just a fragment of what can happen to us without our ozone layer. When the effect is considered in totality, it affects the entire eco system. Marine life, agriculture and forests get affected. Even man made materials like plastic, rubber and fabric can get degraded by UV rays.
       
       So let us act now so that we won’t regret later. Let us unite and make an honest effort to prevent the ozone layer from depletion. Pool a car if you have a common destination, use the stairs and spare the lift once in a while, turn off lights and fans when not in use, minimize the use of air conditioners, minimize the use of foam based cushions and mattresses.#preserveozonelayer #savenature #saveourselves

References
1.      http://ozone.unep.org/en/information-material
2.      http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21253670
3.      http://www.bcairquality.ca/101/ozone-depletion-impacts.html


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