how is ozone related to pollution?

Question

how is ozone related to pollution?

Answer 1

Ozone is related to pollution in several ways. High up, some pollutants (like CFC's) destroy ozone where it's supposed to absorb the harmful wavelengths of uv light (ozone hole).

Lower down, pollution can actually create ozone; but ozone close to the earth is harmful. Ozone is very very reactive and damaging to polymers, lungs, plant material and many other organic compounds.

Answer 2

At the ground level, it is an air pollutant.it plays a part in the formation of smog.If we breathe ozone, we may get cough,throat irritation and sometimes chest pain. If we continue to breathe ozone that too when the concentration is more in the air(ie above the desired level),it may damage the lungs.More concentration of it also affects vegetation and reduces crop production.
At higher altitudes(in the lower stratosphere where the concentration is more),the ozone layer traps the ultra-violet rays which is harmful to skin and to some plants which are sensitive to ultra-violet rays.Damage to plants will naturally spoil the environment .

Answer 3

When there are pollutants in the atmosphere not only caused by human activity such as littering and burning of fossil fuels from factories and forms of transportation but it is also caused by natural causes such as volcanic ash and weather disasters the pollutants eat away at the ozone layer and create holes in the ozone layer allowing harmful Ultraviolet Rays from the Sun and warming the Earth's atmosphere leading to global warming.

Answer 4

oaone is related to pollution because it absorbs the harmful ultra violet rays