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Greater danger may lie ahead. Some have suggested that depletion of the ozone layer, which blocks much of the sun's ultraviolet radiation, is contributing to the rise in skin cancer. While there is little evidence to support this notion, scientists agree that in the long run a diminished ozone layer will cause trouble. "Decreased ozone will increase numbers of basal- and squamous-cell carcinomas," says Dr. Stanford Lamberg, a Johns Hopkins dermatologist. "There is no question about that...
...Nearly 100 nations agreed on a ten-year plan to end worldwide production of chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and other chemicals that threaten the earth's protective ozone layer...
...have economic, material problems, but all of them can be solved. At issue is the moral strength of our people. Have we lost some of that during the years of affluence and prosperity? I don't think so. But a layer of butter and kiwi and shrimp has covered our moral strength. It will reappear when we remove that layer. The term idealism was born here -- it was the contribution of German philosophers, and it was abused terribly in this century. There was a backlash, and now we have to achieve a sort of balance...
...Cambridge City Council unanimously passes three environmental ordinances to limit environmentally unsafe packaging, protect the ozone layer, and restrict motor oil disposal...
...Save the trees. This was the first year when people in your dorm yelled at you for tossing a bottle in the garbage can instead of the recycling bin. We're in our unselfish phase, but it is more acceptable to worry about the increasing hole in the ozone layer than to think about, say, shrinking welfare and Medicaid benefits...