{"id":3634,"date":"2011-09-18T19:13:01","date_gmt":"2011-09-19T03:13:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=3634"},"modified":"2011-09-18T19:13:01","modified_gmt":"2011-09-19T03:13:01","slug":"september-16th-the-ozone-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=3634","title":{"rendered":"September 16th-The Ozone Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Every year September 16<sup>th<\/sup> is celebrated as the<span> <\/span> International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.<span> <\/span> Since 1995, this date has been designated by the United Nations General  Assembly to commemorate the signing of the Montreal Protocol on  Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer.<span> <\/span> This  commemoration around the world offers an opportunity to focus attention  and action at the global, regional and national levels on the protection  of the ozone layer. The theme for this year\u2019s celebrations is \u201cHCFC  phase out- a unique opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span lang=\"EN-IN\">What<span> <\/span> is<span> <\/span> Ozone<span> <\/span> Layer?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\">The Ozone Layer  describes the protective layer of naturally occurring gas, comprised of  three atoms of oxygen found about 10-50 km above the earth\u2019s surface  that protects us from the harmful ultraviolet radiation or UV-B rays of  sun. Scientist in the 1970\u2019s discovered that the layer was thinning as a  result of the release of chlorofluorocarbons (CFC\u2019s), consequently, the  Ozone Hole developed.<span> <\/span> In 1985, nations around the world  convened at Vienna in an attempt to develop a framework for co-operative  activities to protect the Ozone layer. This signed agreement became  known as the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\">The UNEP is  monitoring compliance with the programmes of the international treaties  aimed at eliminating the projection and use of ozone-depleting  substances, including (CFCs), used as industrial refrigerants and in  aerosols, and the pesticide methyl bromide.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span lang=\"EN-IN\">Specifically,  developing countries need to focus on eliminating the use of methyl  bromide as an agricultural pesticide and they must halt illegal trade in  CFCs.More than 130,000 new cases of melanoma are reported around the  world and some 66,000 people die from skin cancer every year.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year September 16th is celebrated as the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer. Since 1995, this date has been designated by the United Nations General Assembly &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/?p=3634\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[583],"tags":[5313,4069,5314],"class_list":["post-3634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-earth-and-environmental-club","tag-ozone","tag-ozone-day","tag-ozone-layer","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3634"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3634\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/generalknowledgetoday.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}