Continuing benefits of the Montreal Protocol and protection of the stratospheric ozone layer for human health and the environment

S Madronich^{1

2}, G H Bernhard³, P J Neale⁴, A Heikkilä⁵, M P Sulbæk Andersen^{6

7}, A L Andrady⁸, P J Aucamp⁹, A F Bais¹⁰, A T Banaszak¹¹, P J Barnes¹², J F Bornman¹³, L S Bruckman¹⁴, R Busquets¹⁵, G Chiodo¹⁶, D-P Häder¹⁷, M L Hanson¹⁸, S Hylander¹⁹, M A K Jansen²⁰, G Lingham^{21

22}, R M Lucas²³, R Mackenzie Calderon^{24

25

26}, C Olsen²⁷, R Ossola²⁸, K K Pandey²⁹, I Petropavlovskikh^{30

31}, L E Revell³², L E Rhodes^{33

34}, S A Robinson^{35

36}, T M Robson^{37

38}, K C Rose³⁹, T Schikowski⁴⁰, K R Solomon⁴¹, B Sulzberger⁴², T J Wallington⁴³, Q-W Wang⁴⁴, S-Å Wängberg⁴⁵, C C White⁴⁶, S R Wilson³⁶, L Zhu⁴⁷, R E Neale^{48

49}

Affiliations

¹ National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA. sasha@ucar.edu.
² Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, USDA UV-B Monitoring and Research Program, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA. sasha@ucar.edu.
³ Biospherical Instruments Inc, San Diego, CA, USA.
⁴ Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, USA.
⁵ Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland.
⁶ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA, USA.
⁷ Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁸ Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University , Raleigh, NC, USA.
⁹ Ptersa Environmental Consultants, Faerie Glen, South Africa.
¹⁰ Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Department of Physics, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece.
¹¹ Unidad Académica de Sistemas Arrecifales, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Puerto Morelos, Mexico.
¹² Department of Biological Sciences and Environment Program, Loyola University New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA.
¹³ Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia.
¹⁴ Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
¹⁵ Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kingston University London, Kingston Upon Thames, UK.
¹⁶ Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.
¹⁷ Friedrich-Alexander University, Möhrendorf, Germany.
¹⁸ Department of Environment and Geography, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
¹⁹ Centre for Ecology and Evolution in Microbial Model Systems, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden.
²⁰ School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College, Cork, Ireland.
²¹ Centre For Ophthalmology and Visual Science (Incorporating Lion's Eye Institute), University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
²² Centre for Eye Research Ireland, Environmental, Sustainability and Health Institute, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
²³ National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
²⁴ Cape Horn International Center, Puerto Williams, Chile.
²⁵ Millennium Institute Biodiversity of Antarctic and Subantarctic Ecosystems BASE, Santiago, Chile.
²⁶ Centro Universitario Cabo de Hornos, Universidad de Magallanes, O'Higgins 310, Puerto Williams, Chile.
²⁷ Population Health Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
²⁸ Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
²⁹ Indian Academy of Wood Science, Bengaluru, India.
³⁰ Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado , Boulder, CO, USA.
³¹ NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA.
³² School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
³³ Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
³⁴ Dermatology Centre, Salford Royal Hospital, Greater Manchester, UK.
³⁵ Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.
³⁶ School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.
³⁷ UK National School of Forestry, University of Cumbria, Ambleside Campus, UK.
³⁸ Viikki Plant Science Centre, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
³⁹ Department of Biological Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.
⁴⁰ IUF-Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine, Dusseldorf, Germany.
⁴¹ School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada.
⁴² Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Duebendorf, Switzerland.
⁴³ Center for Sustainable Systems, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
⁴⁴ Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China.
⁴⁵ Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
⁴⁶ Exponent Inc, Bowie, MD, USA.
⁴⁷ State Key Lab for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, China.
⁴⁸ Population Health Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. r.neale@sph.uq.edu.au.
⁴⁹ School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. r.neale@sph.uq.edu.au.

PMID: 38763938
DOI: 10.1007/s43630-024-00577-8

Continuing benefits of the Montreal Protocol and protection of the stratospheric ozone layer for human health and the environment

S Madronich et al. Photochem Photobiol Sci. 2024 Jun.

. 2024 Jun;23(6):1087-1115.

doi: 10.1007/s43630-024-00577-8. Epub 2024 May 19.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA. sasha@ucar.edu.
² Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory, USDA UV-B Monitoring and Research Program, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA. sasha@ucar.edu.
³ Biospherical Instruments Inc, San Diego, CA, USA.
⁴ Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, Edgewater, MD, USA.
⁵ Finnish Meteorological Institute, Helsinki, Finland.
⁶ Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University Northridge, Northridge, CA, USA.
⁷ Department of Chemistry, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁸ Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University , Raleigh, NC, USA.
⁹ Ptersa Environmental Consultants, Faerie Glen, South Africa.
¹⁰ Laboratory of Atmospheric Physics, Department of Physics, Aristotle University, Thessaloniki, Greece.
¹¹ Unidad Académica de Sistemas Arrecifales, Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Puerto Morelos, Mexico.
¹² Department of Biological Sciences and Environment Program, Loyola University New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, USA.
¹³ Food Futures Institute, Murdoch University, Perth, Australia.
¹⁴ Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
¹⁵ Chemical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kingston University London, Kingston Upon Thames, UK.
¹⁶ Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland.
¹⁷ Friedrich-Alexander University, Möhrendorf, Germany.
¹⁸ Department of Environment and Geography, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.
¹⁹ Centre for Ecology and Evolution in Microbial Model Systems, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden.
²⁰ School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University College, Cork, Ireland.
²¹ Centre For Ophthalmology and Visual Science (Incorporating Lion's Eye Institute), University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia.
²² Centre for Eye Research Ireland, Environmental, Sustainability and Health Institute, Technological University Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.
²³ National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, College of Health and Medicine, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
²⁴ Cape Horn International Center, Puerto Williams, Chile.
²⁵ Millennium Institute Biodiversity of Antarctic and Subantarctic Ecosystems BASE, Santiago, Chile.
²⁶ Centro Universitario Cabo de Hornos, Universidad de Magallanes, O'Higgins 310, Puerto Williams, Chile.
²⁷ Population Health Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia.
²⁸ Department of Chemistry, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.
²⁹ Indian Academy of Wood Science, Bengaluru, India.
³⁰ Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado , Boulder, CO, USA.
³¹ NOAA Global Monitoring Laboratory, Boulder, CO, USA.
³² School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand.
³³ Faculty of Biology Medicine and Health, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
³⁴ Dermatology Centre, Salford Royal Hospital, Greater Manchester, UK.
³⁵ Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.
³⁶ School of Earth, Atmospheric and Life Sciences, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia.
³⁷ UK National School of Forestry, University of Cumbria, Ambleside Campus, UK.
³⁸ Viikki Plant Science Centre, Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
³⁹ Department of Biological Sciences, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.
⁴⁰ IUF-Leibniz Research Institute for Environmental Medicine, Dusseldorf, Germany.
⁴¹ School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, Canada.
⁴² Eawag, Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, Duebendorf, Switzerland.
⁴³ Center for Sustainable Systems, School for Environment and Sustainability, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
⁴⁴ Institute of Applied Ecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, China.
⁴⁵ Department of Marine Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
⁴⁶ Exponent Inc, Bowie, MD, USA.
⁴⁷ State Key Lab for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai, China.
⁴⁸ Population Health Program, QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, QLD, Australia. r.neale@sph.uq.edu.au.
⁴⁹ School of Public Health, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia. r.neale@sph.uq.edu.au.

PMID: 38763938
DOI: 10.1007/s43630-024-00577-8

Abstract

The protection of Earth's stratospheric ozone (O₃) is an ongoing process under the auspices of the universally ratified Montreal Protocol and its Amendments and adjustments. A critical part of this process is the assessment of the environmental issues related to changes in O₃. The United Nations Environment Programme's Environmental Effects Assessment Panel provides annual scientific evaluations of some of the key issues arising in the recent collective knowledge base. This current update includes a comprehensive assessment of the incidence rates of skin cancer, cataract and other skin and eye diseases observed worldwide; the effects of UV radiation on tropospheric oxidants, and air and water quality; trends in breakdown products of fluorinated chemicals and recent information of their toxicity; and recent technological innovations of building materials for greater resistance to UV radiation. These issues span a wide range of topics, including both harmful and beneficial effects of exposure to UV radiation, and complex interactions with climate change. While the Montreal Protocol has succeeded in preventing large reductions in stratospheric O₃, future changes may occur due to a number of natural and anthropogenic factors. Thus, frequent assessments of potential environmental impacts are essential to ensure that policies remain based on the best available scientific knowledge.

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