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_Manali_

@_Manali_

Dazzler

Posted: 12 years ago

Would you like to burn Crackers this Diwali ?

please don't do this please

Traditionally, we in India celebrate Diwali with lot of enthusiasm & energy. Lighting crackers is a fun, apart from historical importance.

But, keeping in view the factors like safety of human lives (every diwaly hundreds of human lives are lost/injured across the country, pollution caused by the chemicals & Money spent (where millions in the country can't afford proper food):

Is it right to burst crackers (particularly the bombs)???

It can lead to headaches & reduced mental acuity when it reaches the level of 100 ppm.

It has much more severe effects in people with heart, respiratory or nervous system disorders.
Increase amount of noise has harmful effects on animals as well as humans.
It results in smog which can reduce visibility thereby leading to accidents as well as is toxic if inhaled.

Bursting crackers is very harmful to health, as it contains Sulfer. Fresh air contains oxygen and when we burn crackers it causes air pollution which is very harmful to health. Old-aged people may suffer with Heart Attack or severe pains due to loud sound produced by bombs.

Also some pets get frightened and run away from home. Now days, parents are encouraging small kids to burn crackers without any protection and letting them burn rockets and big bombs which is very dangerous.

& the most important that these crackers are made by child labors

children get injured while making these crackers. They burn their hands, legs and eyes.

Edited by ilove..sidyusha - 12 years ago

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anshul

@milindrose

Sparkler

Posted: 12 years ago

im not interested in crackers but kids like to burn but this yr it is high inflation so leass crackerswill burn i wish it happens 👍🏼

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Nandita

@Nandita_Siddian

Stunner

+ 2

Posted: 12 years ago

Thanks for this awesome post Manu..🤗...i never used sound crackers i always prefer fire/light crackers...infact now in kolkata there are too many restriction have introduced by kolkata police on usage of sound crackers...so there is no way to use sound crackers in this Dewali...😊

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seetha74

@seetha74

Dazzler

Posted: 12 years ago

Our children are fortunate to be part of the privileged few that can afford firecrackers. But there are numerous children who are employed by the firecracker industry, who sit late into the night making crackers for our children to burn in an instant. Firecrackers are made using harmful chemicals and acids, and these children work from dawn to dusk, breathing such harmful fumes and coming into constant skin contact with the acids. They burn their hands, legs and eyes, and many get maimed for life. The conditions they work in are inhuman, and the compensation, pitiful.One Diwali night causes as much damage to the ecology as regular pollution does over the span of a year.

A few schools around the country are encouraging their students not to burn firecrackers. Perhaps it's time we do the same.

This Diwali make a pledge to reduce environmental pollution, not increase it!

Edited by SEETHA.K - 12 years ago

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Sunsetislove

@jrmahuli

Voyager

+ 2

Posted: 12 years ago

Great post dear!!!
I'll surely not burn crackers!!! 😊 😊 😊

N Happy Diwali!!! 😊

Edited by jrmahuli - 12 years ago

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Sweta

@BeyondTheSky

Dazzler

Posted: 12 years ago

Very apt message Manu 😊
will surely try to minimize it.

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HemaG

@HemaG

Trailblazer

+ 2

Posted: 12 years ago

last year...we had less...

and this year..we quit using crackers...

tahts safe for us and everyone...

the one who are using..try to reduce it yr by yr..

we did the same...and now we are not interested...even children...

instead we got many dresses and gave it to orphans...

great post manu...

happy diwali..!!...

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zephyr29

@zephyr29

Rocker

+ 2

Posted: 12 years ago

Thanks for this post, Manu

Its a good thing that increased awareness is growing in India against the use of crackers.

Fortunately for me, I live in a place where bursting firecrackers are illegal but still someone or the other manages to break the rules and it still results in big accidents, especially when they end up doing it in the secrecy of apartments.