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But the accelerated reduction of chemical emissions, including those of hydrofluorocarbons and chlorofluorocarbons, halons and other ozone destroyers, is expected to reduce UV radiation to 1980 levels by 2040.

From Scientific American • Oct. 9, 2021

The pact would limit the use of an ozone- destroying group of fire-suppressant chemicals called halons, which some scientists believe cause as much as 20 times the damage of CFCs.

From Time Magazine Archive

There has been a similar reduction in the halons -- the ozone-hostile chemicals used in fire fighting.

From Time Magazine Archive