{"id":2670,"date":"2014-07-14T11:40:50","date_gmt":"2014-07-14T11:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/?page_id=2670"},"modified":"2020-05-15T14:34:29","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T14:34:29","slug":"fireworks-dangers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/fireworks-dangers\/","title":{"rendered":"Fireworks and their dangers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Absolutely the most important consideration for anyone who loves pyro is safety. It is my fervent wish that all pyro lovers in the world will live their lives to their normal span, and with all of their body parts intact.<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0&#8220;Bloomberg\u2019s Red Glare&#8221;<\/h2>\n<h3>Fireworks squad invades Pennsylvania.<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>By <a href=\"http:\/\/nymag.com\/nymag\/author_200\">Geoffrey Gray<\/a> &#8211; Share this story:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>M<\/strong><strong>ayor Bloomberg<\/strong>\u2019s anti-fireworks crusade has taken off this year: In addition to offering $1,000 rewards for ratting out your sparkler-loving neighbors via 311, NYPD detectives have hit Pennsylvania\u2014where fireworks are legal\u2014to snoop out New Yorkers who\u2019ve made a run for the border. The NYPD says it\u2019s already made over 60 arrests and seized 30 vehicles and 769 cases of fireworks. Pennsylvania pyrotechnics merchant <strong>Bill Weimer<\/strong> has asked NYPD undercovers staking out his Phantom Fireworks stores to stop snapping pictures of his customers\u2019 license plates and beat it. But he says they just move across the street and \u201cgive off that New York cop attitude.\u201d Bloomberg claims credit for reducing fireworks-related injuries\u2014not one yet this year\u2014but Weimer says that\u2019s because manufacturers in China are making safer products. \u201cFireworks are dangerous,\u201d says Bloomberg spokesperson <strong>Virginia Lam<\/strong>. \u201cYou could lose an eye, a hand, or something worse.\u201d Like your car.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"injuries in britain\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cgsystems.co.uk\/ncfs\/index.htm%20 \" class=\"broken_link\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Firework Injuries in Great Britain<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>ANTI According to PREVENT BLINDNESS AMERICA, nearly 13,000 fireworks victims keep hospitals busy every year. More than half of those injured are children. Fireworks not only injure users, but also 40 percent of fireworks mishaps injure bystanders.<\/p>\n<p>The three types of fireworks that keep hospital emergency rooms busy during this holiday period are bottle rockets, firecrackers, and sparklers. Bottle rockets and firecrackers can fly in any direction prior to exploding and sparklers burn at temperatures hot enough to melt gold.<\/p>\n<p>One of the reasons fireworks injuries continue to occur is because people just don&#8217;t consider how dangerous these devices can be. <a title=\"Dawrin award\" href=\"http:\/\/darwinawards.com\/darwin\/darwin2006-14.html\">People often don&#8217;t realize &#8211; until they are injured &#8211;<\/a> that the risk of blindness or injury outweighs the excitement of taking risks with fireworks.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>True or False.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>1. Fireworks injuries can only occur during the Fourth of July &#8211; False<br \/>\n2. Sparklers are safe fireworks and can be given to children &#8211; False<br \/>\n3. Gunpowder is a major ingredient in most types of fireworks &#8211; Answer True<br \/>\n4. <a title=\"firework saftey and injuries\" href=\"http:\/\/www.nfpa.org\/safety-information\/for-consumers\/holidays\/fireworks\">Only people who are careless or unsupervised are injured from fireworks <\/a>\u2013 False<br \/>\n5. Only people who set off fireworks risk injuries &#8211; False<br \/>\n6. Males are more likely to get hurt from fireworks &#8211; Answer True<br \/>\n7. Bottle rockets are not dangerous because they&#8217;re just firecrackers tied to a stick &#8211; False<br \/>\n8. DYI homemade fireworks are safer than store bought fireworks &#8211; False<br \/>\n9. Using fireworks is an inexpensive way to celebrate the Fourth of July &#8211; False<br \/>\n10. My state bans fireworks \u2013 Partially True. <a title=\"Banning of fireworks\" href=\"http:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20140701202806\/http:\/\/www.wsp.wa.gov\/fire\/docs\/fireworks\/ordinances.pdf\">Many jurisdictions restrict or ban them.<\/a><br \/>\n11. Fireworks contain <a title=\"cheap thrills\" href=\"http:\/\/www.backcountryattitude.com\/toxic_fireworks.html\">toxic metals<\/a> and perchlorates. True<br \/>\n12. Soil, water contamination, <a title=\"Dept. of ecology\" href=\"http:\/\/ecologywa.blogspot.com\/2013\/06\/air-time-fireworks-are-fun-but-smoke.html\">smoke<\/a> and concussive noises can affect native wildlife. &#8211; True<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Perchlorate links<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Basically similar\u00a0 EPA stuff but from a CA take and regulations on it.<br \/>\nWell water contamination. A WA. point of view focusing on this chemical that can enter well water systems, not just waterways or irrigation ditches.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Pryo Bloomberg Fireworks article\" href=\"http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/?page_id=2670\">Please pass this article on. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.olypen.com\/bonsaiherb\/misc\/fireworks.xht\">A bit more rabid is my view on the Reservations<\/a> that sell illegal stuff, but is not supposed to leave the reservation.<br \/>\nIt does include more information as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.olypen.com\/bonsaiherb\/plants\/fireresistantplants.html\">how to firescape your home for instance.<\/a><br \/>\nI\u00a0 add <a title=\"Petition to bann fireworks\" href=\"http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/?page_id=2677\">a presentation a friend made to City Council and County officials.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>anti-pryo<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Absolutely the most important consideration for anyone who loves pyro is safety. It is my fervent wish that all pyro lovers in the world will live their lives to their normal span, and with all of their body parts intact. &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/sweetgeodes.com\/senft\/fireworks-dangers\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&quot;Bloomberg\u2019s Red Glare&quot; Fireworks and their dangers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"myths about fireworks, Mayor Bloomberg,, danger of fireworks, firework injuries, toxicity of fireworks, firework impact on animals , fireworks and trauma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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