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TS EAMCET · Chemistry · Environmental Chemistry

Cataract and skin cancer are caused by

  1. A depletion of nitric oxide
  2. B depletion of ozone layer
  3. C increase in methane
  4. D depletion of nitrous oxide
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(B) depletion of ozone layer

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The most serious effect of the delpetion of ozone layer is that the UV rays coming from the sun can pass through the stratosphere and reach the surface of the earth. IT has been found that with increase in the exposure to UV rays, the chance for occurance of skin cancer,…