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In reply to the discussion: Damned DIY Fireworks! [View all]MH1
(17,663 posts)68. Perchlorate and other poisons. They don't just vanish into the air (and if they did,
you'd be breathing them.)
http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-fireworks4-2008jul04-story.html#page=1
Also, traces of poisonous metals, which give fireworks their bright colors, and perchlorate, a hormone-altering substance used as an oxidizer, trickle to the ground, contaminating waterways.
One Environmental Protection Agency study found that perchlorate levels in an Oklahoma lake rose 1,000-fold after a fireworks display, and they stayed high in some areas for up to 80 days.
European chemists Georg Steinhauser and Thomas Klapotke wrote in a recent scientific journal that "several poisonous substances are known to be released in the course of a pyrotechnic application" and that they are dispersed over a large area.
"It is clear from a vast array of studies that traditional pyrotechnics are a severe source of pollution," they wrote.
One Environmental Protection Agency study found that perchlorate levels in an Oklahoma lake rose 1,000-fold after a fireworks display, and they stayed high in some areas for up to 80 days.
European chemists Georg Steinhauser and Thomas Klapotke wrote in a recent scientific journal that "several poisonous substances are known to be released in the course of a pyrotechnic application" and that they are dispersed over a large area.
"It is clear from a vast array of studies that traditional pyrotechnics are a severe source of pollution," they wrote.
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Funny how people that hate fireworks tend to have animals that over stress about them. nt
alphafemale
Jul 2015
#31
Six months a year we get near daily thunderstorms that are far louder than any fireworks
Fumesucker
Jul 2015
#22
Perchlorate and other poisons. They don't just vanish into the air (and if they did,
MH1
Jul 2015
#68
You have my sympathies. Our cat seems to be handling the noise OK, but we do
KingCharlemagne
Jul 2015
#41
Bold prediction! More people will be killed, maimed and injured by domestic fireworks terrorists today than ISIS and
Fred Sanders
Jul 2015
#46
I can buy fireworks, but I have to sign a form promising to take them out of state in 48 hours
Travis_0004
Jul 2015
#50
Maine had a similar law for as long as I can remember. Until idiot Paul LePage changed it.
PotatoChip
Jul 2015
#60