Which of the following gasses are responsible for ozone depletion?

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CFCs

NO2

All of the above

answer is D.

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Concept- Ozone is present in the stratosphere layer of the atmosphere. It protects the earth from the harmful layer of the sun. Gasses like CFCs, Nitrogenous compounds, and NO2, NO depletes ozone and creates a hole in the ozone.
It results in the direct reaching of UV light to the earth’s surface. It may cause skin cancer and even mutation in DNA.
Ozone is three molecule of the oxygen and depleting day by day. The most dangerous component for the ozone layer is the chlorofluorocarbon gas. To prevent more depletion of the ozone layer government banned the electronics or the objects that release chlorofluorocarbon gas.
Hence, option 4 is the correct answer.

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