In a minute way, bromine can eat up ozone. Bromine is in the same chemical family as chlorine, the halogens and reacts more effectively with ozone. Bromine is an agriculture chemical that is used as a fumigant against insects and rodents, in both food and tobacco.
Natural sources of chlorine add to the depletion of ozone. Volcanic eruptions are occasionally responsible for injecting large quantities of chlorine compounds into the stratosphere which causes an impact. Chloromethane in the atmosphere original from burning plant material. This may include both natural forest fires or slash and burn agriculture.
The use of carbon tetrachloride, the dry cleaning agent has been restricted in Europe and North America because of its toxic properties. Carbon tetrachloride has a great potential to eat ozone. Carbon tetrachloride contains chlorine and has a lifetime of about 50 years in the atmosphere. Today carbon tetrachloride is used in fire extinguishers and as a fumigant.