Protecting the ozone layer and reducing health risks; World Bank/Montreal Protocol limits increase of skin cancer.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-17 September 2003-WORLD BANK GROUP: Protecting the ozone layer and reducing health risks; World Bank/Montreal Protocol limits increase of skin cancer(C)1994-2003 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:09162003 WASHINGTON -- Without the Montreal Protocol, levels of ozone depleting substances in the atmosphere would have increased tenfold by 2050, which could have led to up to 20 million more cases of skin cancer and 130 million more cases of eye cataracts relative to 1980, according to the World Bank's Montreal Protocol Status Report, launched today on the occasion of Ozone Day.

"By bringing down the release of ozone depleting substances in the atmosphere, the Montreal Protocol has set up a great example of the power of multilateralism in dealing with...