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THE essential role of the atmosphere in making life possible by excluding from the biosphere high energy radiation, particularly the solar ultraviolet, has long been appreciated. However, a pathway for the indirect transfer of radiation injury to air-breathing animals exists because the stratospheric aerosol layers are exposed to high solar ultraviolet intensities. These particles eventually descend into the lower atmosphere adjacent to the Earth's surface.
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CAMPBELL, M. Transfer by Aerosols of Effects of High Energy Solar Radiation to the Biosphere. Nature 236, 26–28 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/236026a0
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