This is how the state media in Russia, Pravda, portray our July 4th fireworks celebrations. It would seem they are concerned about your health.
Sphere: Related ContentAmericans celebrate the Fourth of July with martial parades, nationalistic speeches, and lots of fireworks. On the evening of the Fourth of July, when most of the public and private displays of fireworks are presented, the airshed in many American cities and towns becomes polluted with the acrid, toxic smoke from many thousands of fireworks. People who are sensitive to smoke are advised to remain indoors, and household pets are terrified by the jarring blasts that pierce every neighborhood.
The detonation of fireworks releases many toxic compounds into the atmosphere, including sulfur dioxide, nitric oxide, potassium nitrate, nitrogen dioxide, heavy metals, and ozone. The color-producing ingredients of fireworks include potentially toxic elements such as strontium, titanium, mercury, lead, antimony, barium, copper, aluminum, and lithium, and also various chemicals which combine to produce deadly chlorine gas. The use of fireworks contributes to the production of smog, acid rain, water pollution, and noise pollution. The carbon dioxide that is released by fireworks may also contribute to Global Warming.
