Against the dark black sky it is a show of glittering lights. The entertainment zone added to most occasions. Fireworks clearly make everything bright. Or do they? Global warming is a bitter reality today. Fireworks may make a day out of our nights, but a recent research from the University of Munich published in the journal Angewandte Chemie tell us about the choking truth this entertainment can lead us to.
Technology has improved. Nothing is impossible. Environment friendly firework products can be produced by using more nitrogen rich compounds which changes the chemistry of the product making it more safe with better colour quality and better intensity than the regular fireworks.
So you can light a few more fireworks without worrying about the smoke the pyrotechnics, used in fireworks, create. About pyrotechnics, the recent research published says that Pyrotechnical materials contain an oxidizer and a reducing agent. When the firework are set off, they release a whole lot of poisonous materials including heavy metals like lead, barium, chromium etc and smoke particulars like sulphur oxides, carbon monoxide etc which are harmful to both the environment and humans and can lead to a host of complex diseases.
So time for a change has come. We can still entertain ourselves with light shows produced by the glitzy fireworks, only the product changes. It becomes better. The new firework product will definitely cost more, but a few extra money can pave its way for better and healthier air in the future.
Via: Courier Journal
