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Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer
Vienna Convention is a Multilateral Environmental Agreement. It was agreed upon in Vienna Conference in 1985 and came into force in 1988. It was ratified by 197 nations. It is one of the most successful treaties of the United Nations which produced this agreement. A Multilateral Environmental Agreement is legally binding.
Vienna Convention was revised in the following order till 2016
Montreal Protocol 1987, an international treaty which aims at bringing the Ozone layer to the level of 1980
Helsinki 1989
London 1990
Nairobi 1991
Copenhagen 1992
Bangkok 1993
Vienna 1995
Montreal 1997
Australia 1998
Beijing 1999
Kigali 2016
Additional Source:
Wikipedia
United Nations Treaty Collections
Scoville Scale:
It is the measurement of pungency of chili peppers and other spicy foods as reported in Scoville Heat Units (SHU). The measurement is done by Scoville Organoleptic Test.
Other way of testing is High-performance liquid Chromatography.
Relevance: This scale is news in case of the use of PAVA Shells use.
Source of Content: Wikipedia:
Scoville Scale (Click to Access).
General Information
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