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Professional fireworks starting fire Simi Valley 2013

Youtube

Not just a flash in the pan: short and long term impacts of fireworks on the environment.

Study published Pacific Conservation Biology 2023

Firework injuries are increasing in the United States: An analysis of the National Emergency Department Sample

Fireworks fire & injury facts from The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)

Consumer Product Safety Commission Fireworks injuries & Deaths

The National Audubon Society, Article on the death of 5000 Blackbirds caused by fireworks

Fireworks have long-lasting effects on wild birds

Study published in Conservation letters

100 of birds die on New Years in Rome

Article Associated Press

Past fireworks displays are the probable cause of elevated concentrations of a contaminant called perchlorate in groundwater and surface water within Mount Rushmore National Memorial, according to a recent U.S. Geological Survey report

Microplastic abundance in the Thames River during the New Year period

Study Marine Pollution Bulletin, 2022

The Overlooked Effects of Fireworks on Veterans

Penn Medicine News, 2020

Toxicity of particles emitted by fireworks

Study 2020

Thunder and lightning—a report on firework-associated acoustic trauma at New Year

Study 2023

The Devastating Effects of Fireworks on Pets and Wildlife

MIT Press 2022

Fire in Riverside, California, that has caused millions in damage was started by fireworks, officials say

NBC

The Environmental Impact of Fireworks

ONC

Trauma Reminders: Fireworks

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs

Family in Southern California say fireworks cause of devastating house fire

KTLA5

Study: Fireworks release high levels of pollution on July 4 weekend

PBS

It's time to ban fireworks

The Outbound

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