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Which of the following is not a disease caused due to exposure of Ultra Violet (UV)-rays, one of the…

Excess ultraviolet radiation from ozone depletion causes erythema or sunburn, melanoma and other skin carcinomas, along with cataract and immune suppression. A teratoma is a…

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Which of the following is not a disease caused due to exposure of Ultra Violet (UV)-rays, one of the Environmental hazards due to ozone layer depletion?

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Excess ultraviolet radiation from ozone depletion causes erythema or sunburn, melanoma and other skin carcinomas, along with cataract and immune suppression. A teratoma is a germ cell tumour arising from embryonic cells and has nothing to do with UV exposure. Hence teratoma is not UV related.

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