Aerosol is a product that is used everyday by almost everyone. Aerosol is used in spray paint cans, hairspray containers, and even some whipped cream dispensers. Since aerosol can be used in liquid and air dispensers, it has several advantages. Aerosol dispensers allow for easier to handle containers. Instead of having to pump a material out of a container, aerosol has made it as easy as pressing a button. The aerosol containers are also much easier and convenient than pump dispensers. Aerosol can easily be made, and as a result it is cheaper than the pump containers that require many parts and accessories. The disadvantages of aerosol are immense. The affects of aerosol have left a mark on the ozone can never be corrected. Over Antarctica, the stratospheric ozone has been depleted over the past 15 years. (Part I) In the 1970s some scientists concluded that ozone concentrations were slowly lessening. These scientists have concluded that the uses of CFCs are the cause of the destruction of the ozone. When CFCs are dispensed, they rise to the upper atmosphere and destroy the ozone. When CFCs are decomposed by ultraviolet light, they free a chlorine atom that reacts with the ozone to form new compounds. This process destroys the ozone. (Comptons Encyclopedia) The effects CFCs have left on the ozone are referred to as the ozone hole. The press and public, with the problem of global warming, often confuse the ozone hole. (Part I) If the stratospheric ozone layer were to become less dense, more ultraviolet rays would reach the Earth, causing genetic damage to many organisms and leading to increased incidence of skin cancer in Russell 3humans. (Comptons Encyclopedia) The first global agreement to restrict CFCs came with the signing of Montreal Protocol in 1987. This agreement was aimed to reduce them by half by the year 2000. (Part I) Along with destroying the ozone, aerosol is misused as an inhalant and is destroying many peo...
