ApocaDocs: Fireworks Leave Tons of Pollutants For Months

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Posted Sun Jul 6 2008: from KTLA (California):


	Fireworks Leave Tons of Pollutants For Months http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1215306448 When the rockets and the bombs burst in the air tonight, spectators will experience more than a spectacular show celebrating America's birthday. When their blends of black powder, metals, oxidizers, fuels and other toxic ingredients are ignited, traces wind up in the environment, often spreading long distances and lasting for days, even months. Although pyrotechnic experts are developing environmentally friendly fireworks, Fourth of July revelers this year will be watching essentially the same high-polluting technology that their grandparents experienced decades ago.

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The ApocaDocs say:

Those rockets' red glare
just keep glaring.