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nights.

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CFC molecules

into smaller

bits. One of the these worst enemy - chlorine.

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of CFC is ozones

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ozone*6 oxygen atoms, and anuther. it5 net way through

finally the

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cant catch any fish. When thechlonne is finished, the ozone layer is aothin,

Aa the ozone gets thinner, mom and mom hamnfbl IN rays reach the Earth% eurface..and that starts an awfiA chain rea~on among twrything and breathes in the oceans or on land. creatume like plankton that Iii

In the ocean, t.hesmalleet and tiny shrimps, vict.4ms of-

called krill, are among the first

much UV rzdi~on.

tf all of these tiny one-celled crittkm5 are fried up by the UV rays,

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kinds of plants Anima15 cant

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in the ocean, plants are exposed

form the base of the Earth5 the food supply plants 5hrinks

food chain. When some all over the Earth. pmple dont

to too much UV radiation,

they grow slower and produce

less food. As the ozone layer thins,

get enough food from tie

ta sumive, and eventually

get enough food either.

Fadey goes to a doctor... ~

The headaches

started

when this little

round the Iaver

guy, George that

Global,

was telling

me about ozone

effects

destruction

of the

Did he tell you what radiation anima15? can cause can do to Too much

too much UV people and UV radiation

severe sunburns,

Even with a sun screen. the longer you stay out in the sun, the more youre eaI% agi% wrinkling ~ the skin, and evenwo~ after yeara of exposure. If we could phase out the and millions of peopte, erasing worth millions of kin cancer,

exposed

to UV rays. Extra

UV rays can cauea

lt5 been proven h

cauee eye damage, like cloudy vision, in millions billions of

use of CFCS, it would be like curing skin cancer cataract5 from peoples eyes, or growing

dollars

of food to feed people all over

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run on a new liquid doesnt CFC5like contain this

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5ome

solutions

are really simple.

At our plant,

we u5ed to use liquid cleansers computers brains-to get We found out we can we

mdde with CFCS to wash off microproceso~he to do the 5ame thing!

them expakyclean lemon oil and water

before they went into the computer. ~~