ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

Environmental Health and Safety

Environmental Health and Safety

Question #1

Ultraviolet (UV) is a part of the natural light from the sun. However, for several years, the release of certain chemicals in the environment, especially those used in refrigeration and air conditioning, damaged the ozone layer in the upper atmosphere. Although this situation will gradually improve through the Montreal Protocol, it remains a greater quantity of these rays reach the earth's surface, which makes us more vulnerable to UV rays for another 40 to 50 years. On the other hand, due to climate change and a longer summer, ...