Backyard Fireworks aand Related Injuries
From the years 1990-2003, about 85,000 children under 19 years of age were treated for firework injuries, mainly for burns. Last year aover 10,000 adults were treated for injuries from sparklers, firecrackers, and bottle rockets. Every year the numbers keep increasing for the amount of injuries we are curing from fireworks. What I would like to know is why, if these fireworks are the cause for so many deaths and injuries a year, are they still allowing for he sales of them. I myself love sparklers on the fourth of july, but I don't want to have life long scars from them, so what I would like to know is what should we do about this problem and why do you think so many people are ending upin the hospital?
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People continue to buy fireworks because of the exhilaration they get from lighting them off and seeing the array of effects each of them produce. There are many people in the United States that lack enough common sense to obey the warning labels. I actually feel that state economies would benefit from the sale of “illegal” fireworks because this would bring money into the economy in direct and indirect fashions. Not only would people buy the fireworks but would also pay for some fast food along the way and the gas to get there. Permits will only decrease the sale of fireworks and the economy in which the fireworks are sold. The flaws of a few should not affect the enjoyment of many.
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