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Ozone - Good Up High Bad Nearby

EPA-451/K-03-001
June 2003

Table of Contents:

Good
Up High

What
is Ozone?

How
Can Ozone Be Both Good and Bad?

What
is Happening to the "Good" Ozone Layer?

How
Does the Depletion of "Good" Ozone Affect
Human Health and the Environment?

What
is Being Done About the Depletion of "Good"
Ozone?

Bad
Nearby

What
Causes "Bad" Ozone?

How
Does "Bad" Ozone Affect Human Health and the
Environment?

What is
Being Done About "Bad" Ozone?

Actions
You Can Take

High-Altitude
"Good" Ozone

Ground-Level
"Bad" Ozone

Regional
Air Program Information

Related:

Full
Brochure (PDF, 2
pp, 1.4 MB)

about the
cover...

TOP:
The "good" ozone layer in the stratosphere protects life
on Earth from the Sun's harmful ultraviolet (UV)
rays.

MIDDLE:
Antarctic Ozone Thinning-shown in blue and purple, extended
out over 16 million square miles or about the same size
as North America (2001 NASA satellite
image).

BOTTOM:
"Bad" ozone at ground-level is harmful to breathe and
damages crops, trees, and other
vegetation.

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EPA-451/K-03-001
June
2003

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