Is chlorine slowly killing us AND the cause of the ozone hole in Antarctica?
Maybe it's not all down to us using our cars and not composting our rubbish after all. What do you think?
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Chlorine is produced from salt, which as you know is naturally occurring so there will always be some chlorine in the atmosphere. Chlorinated ozone depleteing substances have been under strict control and emission limits for at least 5 years now and will be phased out as replacement substances are developed so we ( via the Montreal Protocol) have already sorted this one.
you are right but the pollution caused by cars and rubbish are a lot much more than that caused by chlorine. by the way, some uses ozone but not chlorine to kill those micro-organisms. so, actually the ozone hole in africa is caused by chemical pollutions and the chemical released after burning those rubbish that other rich countries send to. africa is the third-world under developement.
The hole in the ozone layer is caused by CFCs which contain chlorine - but chlorine itself does not cause this.
The hole in the ozone layer allows more UV light into the atmosphere, but it doesn't contribute to the greenhouse effect.
So, whilst we need to continue to stop releasing CFCs (and most countries stopped doing this some time ago) we also need to consider our carbon emmissions.
Do you even know what ozone is? Do you walk down your street and say "oh, look. A hole in the air. " Duh.
The massive volcanic eruptions caused much of the ozone hole. They produce a tremendous amount of gases.
We should see the chlorine characteristics. If all the people know that, we can realize "it's easy going". The most unique is the passing ability for cell membrane and retaining on it.
The hole in the ozone was clearly caused by CFC's. This isn't a theory, they can recreate this over and over.
CFC's are lighter than and rise to the ozone level. CFC's break apart under solar radiation and then bonds to O3, which is ozone.
O3 is not the natural state of oxygen and it will bond with almost anything. The reason that ozone is in the atmosphere at all is because there's nothing to bond all that O3.
Cars have nothing to do with ozone depletion, except for some old air conditioners in cars, because those used CFC's.
It may be that ammonia is causing some of the ozone problems as well, but CFC's are still around and will still be causing ozone problems.
Ozone is one problem, warming and pollution is an unrelated problem.
It is all pollutants and poisons that are killing us and the planet.
It is not down only to using cars and composting, it includes avoiding all pollutants and poisons.
As for chlorine content in Antarctica only the scientist who has tested the water or ice for pollution of same and knows that chlorine does in fact cause ice to melt can that answer be taken seriously. Temperature may also be a contributing factor.
We stopped using R12 freon so they came up with another idea
Every time USA or another country fires a rocket through the ozone layer it burns a hole in it. Now all these holes have joined together above the two polar areas.
These are causing pollution on a massive scale what' s that got to do with chlorine?
Some people believe any old tosh provided there is a substantial arguement made in its favour.
'Tis bunkum, piffle and bosh.
Classic confusion betwen chlorine and persistent chlorinated compounds.
Chlorine in its simple forms serves us well through its use as a disinfectant and bleach. It is produced stochiometrically from salt by electrolysis so for every molecule of Cl2 produced we must produce 2 molecules of NaOH. The market demand for the two co-products varies over time and generally the demand for sodium hydroxide drives the business to produce more chlorine than is needed for simple uses. Over the years "we" have developed chlorinated plastics like PVC which do have their uses but are quite difficult to destroy. We have also chlorinated pesticides and CFCs, HCFCs which are used in many fridge and air con cooling circuits. The problem has come about because we failed to consider the life cycle of these substances and we failed to contain them so they have been used and released to the environment. The longevity of these substances is such that their effect will be long lasting despite the fact that we have already tightened controls on use and release.
Without chlorine or many of its compounds, we would be in a worse state in respect of disease. As with many things environmental, it is all a question of balance.
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