What environmental problems do releasing CFC's in the atmosphere cause?

I know it causes the ozone to thin. What environmental problems does this cause?


(e.g. plant life in Antarctic seas is damaged)|||Loss of protective ozone, allows more UV-B to arrive at Earth's surface. Increases in UV-B causes:


- increases in cataracts, skin cancer, mutation


- decreases in crop yield, and arable land (as the soil is sterilized)


Essentially it will cause some damage to the DNA of all surface life.





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As an interesting sidelight, some of the fluorocarbon replacements for CFCs are starting to show up as endocrine disruptors...|||The thinning of the ozone layer allows more UV radiation from the sun to reach the earth's surface, which causes an increased rate of skin cancer|||none