OZONE DEPLETING SUBSTANCES (ODS) LINKS

The Ministry of the Environment does not necessarily endorse the content found in the following web sites.  These links are for informational purposes only.
 

• Ontario Ministry of the Environment: Official web site of the Ministry of the Environment.
• Environment Canada's Stratospheric Ozone Website: Includes information on ozone regulations, an ozone primer, information about what is happening across Canada along with detailed reports about the federal response to ozone depletion.
• The Green Lane: The best place to start to search for information on environmental issues in Canada.  Includes a link for kids, newsletters, reports, links to sites dealing with a variety of  environmental issues, including ozone depletion.  Official web site of Environment Canada.
• UNEP (United Nations Environment Programme) Ozone Action Program: information on ozone issues in the international context.  UNEP's Ozone Action Program fulfils that mandate by providing industry, government and other stakeholders in developing countries with information exchange services (including this web site), training and networking of ODS officers.  In addition to these core clearinghouse services, the program also provides assistance with programs in individual countries and "institutional strengthening" projects.
• United States Environmental Protection Agency: Ozone Depletion home page: This web site contains information about the science of ozone depletion, regulations in the U.S. designed to protect the ozone layer, information on methyl bromide, flyers about the UV index, information for the general public and other topics.
• Global Climate Change:  This site has been developed to inform Canadians about climate change and how it affects our environment. The site explains what the government of Canada is doing to address the problems of climate change and how all Canadians--individuals, communities, businesses, industries and every level of government--can take action to help protect our environment.
• NASA's (National Aeronautics And Space Administration) Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) home page:  Welcome to the official web site for information, data, and images ENom the total ozone mapping spectrometer (TOMS) instruments.
• Environmental Effects of Ozone Depletion Summary Statement page:  This summary is the last one between the full assessments of 1994 and 1998 on the environmental effects of ozone depletion. The aim of the summary statement page is to keep the parties to the Montreal Protocol informed about new scientific developments.
• Ozone and the Atmosphere - Goddard Space Center: This web site discusses the chemical composition and evolution of the earth's atmosphere, focusing on the protective layer of ozone in the stratosphere. The destructive properties of tropospheric ozone are also presented. Diagrams and animation sequences are used to visually depict the delicate structure of the ozone molecule and the chemical reactions involved in its formation and destruction. Ozone-destroying pollutants were first identified in 1973. Since that time there has been a considerable amount of controversy surrounding the subject of ozone depletion. More than 20 years of ozone related scientific studies, international meetings, and global industrial agreements are summarized in the last section of this site.
• Ozone Depletion - Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN): Welcome to the CIESIN thematic guide on ozone depletion issues. The purpose of this guide is to help you find selected key documents that pertain to the issue of ozone depletion: causes, human and environmental effects, and policy responses.
• A Healthy Environment - Union of Concerned Scientists:  Proceed under the global resources link to find a lot of information about ozone layer destruction.  This site includes recent scientific developments in the ozone layer, answers to ENequently asked questions and lots of background information.

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