This document discusses the negative impacts of firecrackers, including child labor in their production, pollution from noise, air, and waste, and dangers to animals and humans. It notes that over 500,000 children in southern India work long hours in dangerous conditions to make firecrackers and are denied education. Firecrackers cause noise, air, and water pollution, harming both humans and animals. Several countries have instituted partial or full bans on firecrackers to reduce these problems. The document encourages celebrating Diwali through safer alternatives like lighting lamps instead of firecrackers.

1. CRACKERS
OR
QUAKERS ????

2. Did you know that
diyas lit on the
moonless Diwali night
signifies the end of
darkness and the
beginning of
happiness?

3. Do Crackers really “begin happiness???”

4. Beautiful ,huh….............???

5.  A recent NDTV study shows,
The production pace gets accelerated during September-October in
sivakasi to meet the enormous demand during Diwali. To cope up with
thousands of children are
employed on casual basis.
the target,

6. It takes half a million children in
Southern Tamilnadu to make these
fireworks round the year. These children
earn Rs. 10-15 per DAY for working 15
hours/day. Children of your age are
DENIED EDUCATION, FOOD and
FREEDOM. They are as equally affected
as the children of Hiroshima and
Nagasaki. Therefore we HAVE TO
AVOID these fireworks which have
caused a doom in a million lives.

7. School becomes a dream for these children
if…… YOU BUY FIRE-CRACKERS…..

8. Noise Pollution:
For most people lighting of firecrackers is the highlight of
Diwali. Brighter the sparkles, louder the noise, the greater
the thrill!! In fact to many of us, these aesthetic forms of
light seem so appropriate and most essential when
celebrating the 'Festival of Lights'.

9. If humans themselves can’t bear the noise
pollution caused by firecrackers, then
think about animals who hear SEVEN
times more than us…HOW LOUD
WOULD FIRECRACKERS BE TO
THEM??
Repeatedly as we burst crackers the birds,
dogs and cats in the area run away for
shelter and when they do not find shelter
they get traumatized and some of them
DIE due to pressure.……..DO WE
WANT TO KILL THESE LOVELY
CREATURES BY BURSTING
FIRECRACKERS?

10. AIR POLLUTION- A record 30 million people were
affected by ASTHMA in India post Diwali last year.
Ranging from young children to old people, the smoke
causes ASTHMA to everybody. 19 deaths were reported
around the country with 6 in Hyderabad alone. Breathing
trouble leads to heart congestion and causes death in
severe cases.
Is it enough??

12. Water Pollution:
The run off from the fireworks which when mixes with the
ground water form harmful toxic liquids which when
consumed by Humans or animals causes nausea and leads to
collapse of vital organs including Kidney and Liver…

13. The light attracts young turtles towards the shore and
eventually they come until the road and get run over by a
car……..

14. Firecrackers also cause serious injuries
if not handled properly, especially by
children…

15. 
Hazardous smoke created from the fireworks can lead to a number of
adverse health effects, including heart disturbances, asthma attack, allergies
and respiratory illnesses like bronchitis, emphysema, chronic obstructive
pulmonary diseases, laryngitis, pneumonia and other effects.

Dangers exist because firecrackers contain some very toxic metals that are
dangerous to humans and to the environment. Metals like manganese, as
well as cadmium, lead, zinc, sodium, magnesium and potassium can only
exist within humans at minimal amounts before health effects are suffered,
and excess of these also contribute to the depletion of the ozone layer.

16. Animals & Birds….
An Government survey shows that after firecrackers during Diwali kills
13% of Chennai’s SPARROW population…….

19. And what about the paper waste???

20. With so much negativity added to a celebration, do we really need to
burst crackers?
We don’t want to make a festival of lights into a festival of
Child Labour, Pollution and INSENSITIVITY..
So……
WHAT DO WE DO??????

21. Just Avoid Crackers and glow lamps!
SIMPLE!!
That’s what Deepavali actually means- Row of Lamps!

22. “Charity begins at home”. Let us not buy
crackers and educate our friends about the
darker side of this illuminating object.

23. But how can MY contribution be
sufficient???

24. Just like “ Every drop makes an ocean”, every
contribution DOES makes a difference..!!!
If the Government doesn’t ban Firecrackers, you can
just avoid Firecrackers!

25. Taiwan has banned Firecrackers!

26. Sweden then lead the way in 2001!

27. In 2005 Hong Kong also banned
Firecrackers!

28. Malaysia followed in 2003!

29. United States in 2007!!!

30. Australia in 2009!

31. In Canada, anyone below 18 can’t burst
firecrackers!

32. Also by lighting lamps instead of crackers, you
are encouraging pottery! This will give
employment to rural India!!!