^'Kf/ence ana Crrn,
Record ozone
loss metered
above Europe
■ POLLUTION
cokJ weather and
chemicals caused
excessive depletion
CKNSVA {API •— Onm level*
plummeted lo record low* over
Britain and Scandinavia ibis
winter, exposing inhabitants to
awe of the worst level* of ultra
violet radiation recorded in
densely populated areas, the
World Meteorological Organize
thm said Tuesday
Ozone depletion over that
region, caused in large part by
man made fheinitali released
into the atmosphere, also I*
related to the seasons and ha*
been made worse by unusually
cold temperatures
The period of extremely low
ozone levels was expected lo
end later this month
Regional ozone levels during
January, February and the early
pert of March averaged about .10
perron! below the average levels
recorded between 1957 and
1978. btdore man made chemi
cals started destroying the
ozone, according to measure
ments published by the U.N.
agency
On day* in late February and
the beginning of March, the lev
els were a* low a* 45 percent
below the pre-1978 levels — a
depletion unprecedented in the
Northern Hemisphere,
"This means the people have
twice as much radiation a* nor
mal," said Dr Rumen Bojkov,
specisl adviser on ozone to the
organization 'll is fortunate that
at this time of the year, no one is
bathing in the North Sea.'*
Ozone plays a vital role by
shielding human* and other
forms of life from damage con
net ted with dangerous forms of
solar radiation
Gorbachev gets
names needed
for candidacy
MOSCOW (API - Former
Soviet President Mikhail Gor
bar hev * backer* have gathered
the t million signature* needed
to put his name on the ballot in
lune s presidential el™ tions
Alexei Mananmkov. leader o(
the group basking Gorbachev *
presidential bid. said in a new*
conference Tuesday that his
candidate stood a good chance
of winning despite dismal ret
‘ngs
Mananmkov said Gorbachev
would get the vote of the "silent
majority." the so trailed third
force between the extremes of
President Boris Yeltsin and
Communist Party candidate
Gennady Zyuganov
Gorbachev has said he intends
to run for the presidency , but he
has nut msde an official
announcement
tf Gorbachev runs. Manan
nikov said, "he could break
through the bipolar candidate
scheme of Yeltsin and Zyuganov
created by the present power
structure
Gorbachev is widely blamed
in Russia for the colbpse of the
Soviet Union that left millions
struggling to survive
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