A thriving illegal business in ozone depleting substances (ODS) into India from Nepal and Bangladesh as part of a wider international network is undermining India's efforts in phasing out its own

Alternatives to banned ozone depleting substances may jeopardise the effectiveness of the Montreal Protocol

Hundreds of tonnes of ozone-depleting substances (ODS) are being smuggled into the country, undermining efforts to control the trade and phase out production of these harmful chemicals in line with

India might not be able to honour the international agreement to phase out the Ozone layer depleting chemicals in time as truck-loads of these deleterious substances are being smuggled into t he

ozone remains one of the most perplexing air pollutants posing critical threat to human health. While stratospheric ozone 10 to 50 km above the earth's

Fireworks that mark public leave the air pollutant ozone according to research conducted at the Jawaharlal Nehru University , in India. Ozone in the lower atmosphere works as a respiratory irritant,

The international treaties for the protection of the ozone layer and the global climate are closely related. Not only has the Montreal Protocol for the protection of the ozone layer served as a useful example in developing the international climate regime, but policies pursued in both issue areas influence each other. This paper gives an overview of the many ways in which both treaty systems are linked functionally and politically.

The most critical factor affecting ozone concentrations in cities is the amount drifting in from outside their boundaries, which means that it is beyond the control of local regulators, according to

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced new guidelines which are designed to encourage state, local and tribal governments to make voluntary early reductions of air emissions that

Time is running out for industries dealing with zone depleting substances to register themselves with the authorities. The deadline for industries using ozone depleting substances (ODS) in their

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