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- Deadline: 6-12-2009
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If you and/or anyone you know has Asthma and/or shortness of breath, please sign this petition to help stop the promotion of air, water, and noise pollution from fireworks displays? I have Asthma and I can relate to others w/respiratory problems.
Fireworks explode between 180 – 190 dB (decibels) during these fireworks displays. Humans and animals are not supposed to be exposed to anything higher than 80 – 85 dB to be safe. Anything louder than 105 dB permanently damages hearing from only one hour of this loud and unnecessary noise.
Fireworks contain a number of toxic metals and/or elements that stay airborne for hours until finally settling into our natural resources of soil, gardens, lakes, and public water supply. These toxic elements include the following: Lead, Barium (radioactive material), Lithium, Rubidium, Strontium, Copper Compounds, Aluminum, Ammonium Perchlorate, Cadmium, Potassium Nitrate, and Sulfer Dioxide. These toxic elements are used in fireworks for people to view the different colors of fireworks that explode in the night sky.
Accidents involving fireworks caused up to 9,600 emergency room-related injuries in 2004 according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. Fireworks lead to severe burns, scars, and disfigurement. Fireworks not only pollute everyone’s environment they also cause distress for neighbors, fireworks displays loud noise causes Wildlife to be forced from their habitat into traffic creating problems for the Wildlife and drivers of vehicles travelling local highways. During fireworks displays in many cities Dogs will jump their fence in their yard because of their fear of the extremely loud explosions. Some of the frightened Dogs are retrieved by Animal Control the next day unfortunately after being hit by an automobile. Some are fortunately rescued by Animal Control frightened by the fireworks the night before and returned to their animal companion friends. And other Dogs are never found, all because of fireworks loud noise!
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| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | City | State | Country | Has your family been negatively affected by fireworks? | Have your pets been negatively affected by fireworks? | Do you feel that fireworks are a danger to people's health? | Do you know anyone that has Asthma or any respiratory problems? |
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| 31 | 2:31 pm PDT, Jul 7 | Mrs. | Debra Levierge | Manchester | Tennessee | United States | Yes | Yes | Yes, Definitely | No |
| 30 | 5:30 am PDT, Jul 5 | Mr. | Robert Lindley Jr | Anniston | Alabama | United States | yes, with an ill father his health suffers from the noise and smoke. | lots of anxiety | yes a physical, emotional danger | my sister does, and I have chronic bronchitis |
| 29 | 7:50 pm PDT, Jun 30 | Mr. | Anonymous | Shakopee | Minnesota | United States | Yes, loosing sleep before important days at work next day; also sparking arguments in an already troubled relationship. | Yes, scared, shaking, runs up/down stairs, drives us nuts. Comes into bedroom to sleep, but just makes noise, leaves, comes back, claws or whines at door if closed. | Should fix your "'" Yes, the smoke and materials, but especially the noise and "Real" fireworks that cities "Allow" to go on in suburban & urban areas, adding more 'spark' to current tensions with neighbors & at work. | Yes - Also, People are not 'celebrating' Independence Day, they are just "Playing with Fireworks" because it is fun, fine, I like certain music, but I dont play it loud outside late at nite for 2 weeks!!! |
| 28 | 9:45 pm PST, Dec 2 | Mrs. | sarah hoyos | mount holly | North Carolina | United States | A friend's child was burned.. yes as well as one of my friends. | No | Yes | My husband, family, and myself. |
| 27 | 11:28 am PDT, Nov 1 | E P Wilson | Centreville | Virginia | United States | No | No more then a thunder storm. Which I dont think we can ban. By the way isn't Banning what Hitler did and look how it worked for him. | Yes in the hands of idiots. but so are bicycles which kill more people in the US then fireworks do in the whole world. While we are at it we should ban back yard grills because they cause fires. And while we are at it lets ban swimmig too many people drown every year. Wait a minute lets make everyone stay home in their house because if they leave their house something may harm them. Whoever put up this site needs to concentrate on things that matter. Alternative energy, AIDS, World hunger, war. | Yes I have Asthma and obviously I like firworks and have never been bothered by the smoke which I am smart enough to stay away from. | |
| 26 | 8:38 am PDT, Aug 17 | John Dude | Fort Wayne | Indiana | United States | No, In fact there is nothing more fun and relaxing then seeing a good fireworks display. | No, running and hidding for a few minutes after fireworks our shot off has had no negative affects at all. They are fine just like all of yours are. Don't get so over excited about it. | No, they are not dangerous. Most of the bad things you hear about them are false! I went though looking at the "sources" of one of these websites and they overstate everything. | My brother has asthma, he is out there shooting them off and enjoying himself just like the rest of us. You all sound like your just grumpy people. Must enjoys from fireworks come from little kids stepping on spaklers(look it up). What needs to happen is more education about firework safety. But your spaklers in a bucket of water, ect. This is the USA not communist china, live your life and let others live there. Quit be a busy body, and let people have there fun for a couple days out of the year. | |
| 25 | 4:25 pm PDT, Jul 4 | Ms. | Claudia Martin | Latrobe | Pennsylvania | United States | Yes, stressed! | Yes, my cats are stressed. The birds at my backyard feeders suddenly take flight sometimes into windows and walls. | Yes! My heart pounds and my blood pressure spikes every time someone sets off what sounds like TNT | Yes |
| 24 | 11:54 am PDT, Jul 4 | Gus Munguia | Bell | California | United States | Yes my house was almost burned twice | yes my dogs get very stress and scare | yes very much especially those with Asthma and kids under 10 years of age | yes I have asthma so I have to close all my doors and windows during fireworks | |
| 23 | 9:59 pm PDT, Jul 2 | Anita Chauhan | San Diego | California | United States | Directly no, but considering the effects of air pollution by fireworks, the effects are inevitable indirectly and long term both in terms of environmental and personal problems. | N/A | Somewhat, but not as significantly as other polluters. | Yes | |
| 22 | 7:40 am PDT, Jul 2 | Jody Beighley | Plover | Wisconsin | United States | yes | yes | yes | yes | |
| 21 | 6:55 pm PDT, Jun 24 | Ms. | liz t | bellingham | Washington | United States | acute serious stress,lack of sleep,hurt ears, house shakes from the concussion especially from illegal fireworks. possible fires from bottle rockets, and personal safety from illigal fireworks deploment. | yes | yes, nerve and hearing damage, stress, from the noise, and concussion. soot,and smoke damage to skin and lungs. | yes |
| 20 | 6:47 pm PDT, Jun 19 | Ms. | Anonymous | Portland | Maine | United States | Yes | They are extremely destructive to birds nesting in July and cause deaths of frightened/escaping pets. | Yes | Yes |
| 19 | 9:44 pm PDT, Jun 15 | Mr. | Anonymous | ASSWIPE | Illinois | United States | NO!!!!!!!!!!!! DONT PUT THIS FUKN CRAP ON THE WEB!!!!!!! GET A HOBBY LOSER!!!!! PS. MY POLITICAL PARTY IS NONE OF UR FUKN BUISNESS!!!! | NO!!!!!!!! | AS LONG AS THEIR NOT A FUKN RETARD!!!!! | YES!!! |
| 18 | 7:18 pm PDT, Jun 13 | Mr. | James Maxwell | Kenosha | Wisconsin | United States | Yes | N/A | Yes | No |
| 17 | 12:36 pm PDT, May 31 | Mrs. | spring elling | Pine city | Minnesota | United States | A firework storage and training facility is opening next to our property. Yes, it's affecting me. | My cats are afraid in their own home. | It's environmentally unfriendly and full of toxins. Yes, fireworks are a danger to every living creature. | yes. |
| 16 | 8:58 pm PST, Dec 31 | Anonymous | Hollister | California | United States | yes | yes | yes | myself, wife and son | |
| 15 | 5:14 pm PST, Dec 12 | Wayne Johnson | Glen Burnie | Maryland | United States | No! | Pets are for losers! | Yes! If they can't read! | Yes! Ever heard of AC! | |
| 14 | 8:02 pm PDT, Sep 17 | Laurel Burns | Portland | Maine | United States | My pets get scared of the noise from the fireworks. | My boy cat will puff up his fur and growl, and my girl cat will hide under the futon. | yes | yes | |
| 13 | 9:25 am PDT, Jul 16 | Dara Middleton | Terre Haute | Indiana | United States | Yes | My poor dog has been in a constant state of agitation for months! Ban them. | YES | No | |
| 12 | 8:38 am PDT, Jul 9 | Anonymous | Bagley | Wisconsin | United States | Coughing, hoarsness, sore throat and thickness in throat and nose. Breathing becomes harder and snoring is a result, luckily, no loss of breath. | Hearts race with anxiety. We send them in the house which calms them some but they still hear the booms which could easily be gun fire and we would never know it! | Not just the noise, the particles that we are breathing after the fireworks are set off. A large list of metals, glass-like and powdered down as well as chemicals coming out of the explosion in a breathable form. | I myself as well as many others that I know, especially this time of year. Many people, even if they do not claim asthma are complaining of flu-like symtoms (stuffiness and tight breathing) the day after the fireworks and continuing several days there after. I am sure people with asthma have a longer duration of symptoms. | |
| 11 | 10:49 pm PDT, Jul 3 | Ryan McLean | Billings | Montana | United States | Late night bangs. Dogs flipping out. Falling debris. Fear of fire. | Yes. | Yes. | Yes. | |
| 10 | 12:36 pm PDT, Jun 25 | Mrs. | Crystal Strayer | Rancho Cucamonga | California | United States | Yes. | Yes. | Absolutely. | Yes. |
| 9 | 7:12 pm PST, Dec 31 | Ms. | Francis Moore | Arcadia | Louisiana | United States | Yes, our neighbor shoots fireworks over our home which disturbs my family and our two pet dogs. | Definitely! Our two dogs run under the beds when they hear the fireworks being shot into the air. Our two dogs start trembling and shaking everytime the fireworks are shot into the air. | Yes BAN FIREWORKS IN LOUISIANA! In Arcadia, Bienville Parish Louisiana there are no laws to protect people from other people shooting fireworks or guns towards their home and property. Arcadia, Louisiana is the absolute worst place to live in the United States because of the lack of laws to protect the decent people here! Bienville Parish Louisiana is more dangerous than any Third World Country ever could be! I have read that fireworks contain dangerous chemicals that can make people sick and some of these chemicals emitted into the air causes cancer if enough is breathed into a persons lungs. | Yes, My aunt and my sister in law. They hate fireworks and cigarette smoke because any smoke causes them to choke and cough. |
| 8 | 2:30 pm PST, Dec 30 | Mrs. | Jenny Moxham | Monbulk | Australia | No | Fireworks cause blind panic in all animals thus it is cruel for humans to deliberately subject them to this terror for momenatary visual pleasure. Fireworks also pollute the Earth by releasing chemicals into the atmosphere and they are harmful to our our health . | Yes | No | |
| 7 | 8:20 am PDT, Jun 14 | Anonymous | Gresham | Oregon | United States | It has a hoorible affect on my allergies and asthma.In addition it errifies my dogs and is a nuisance when I have to go to sleep and the neighborhood is lighting them off (illegally) until 10 or 11 pm for 2 weeks before and after the 4th...this isn't fair! | yes! | yes | yes | |
| 6 | 6:55 am PDT, Jun 14 | annie tarver | oxfordshire | United Kingdom | no | yes | yes | yes | ||
| 5 | 5:40 am PDT, Jun 14 | Mrs. | Anonymous | Atoka | Tennessee | United States | Every day in through the New Year and July 4th when fireworks are sold we have to put up with the noise. Currently, it is very very dry here and yet they are selling fireworks! | We had a Border Collie who was frightened to death of fireworks, he had to be put on tranquilizers for a week around July 4th. We actually couldn't enjoy the holiday because we worried so much about him! | Absolutely, they are sold to anyone and every year there are so many accidents. | Yes, I have asthma |
| 4 | 4:12 am PDT, Jun 14 | Mr. | john walker | Manchester | Alabama | United Kingdom | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 3 | 12:12 am PDT, Jun 14 | Mrs. | Anonymous | Tacoma | Washington | United States | yes firework almost hit me in the ankle | My 2 dog are a nervous wreck . | Yes I do because you got these crazy people out here who don't care where the firecrackers land . | My mom , and my husband |
| 2 | 9:13 pm PDT, Jun 13 | Ms. | wanda stamps | ruston | Louisiana | United States | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| 1 | 2:33 am PDT, Jun 12 | Mr. | Rex Stuart | Simsboro | Louisiana | United States | Yes, Three members of our family have Asthma, we don't need fireworks next door to us, no one does. We also fear that our neighbor will cause us to lose everything we have worked for because law enforcement will not stop him from setting off his fireworks display that "sprays" over our home and our property because of the threat of fire possibly igniting our property and home! When I complained to the Chamber of Commerce about the unnecessary fireworks, Our local Mayor asked me,"Is there anywhere you can take your family while the fireworks display is taking place?" We need a new Mayor. | Yes, our pet dogs and rabbits inside our home start shaking when they hear these fireworks next door that are 300 feet away from our home! These fireworks displays next door sound more like mortor shells in a war that continue for an hour nonstop! | Yes, Fireworks contain lead, arsenic, and mercury toxins known to cause health problems in people and animals. These toxins penetrate our natural resources along with the airborne stench following all fireworks displays. | Yes, Three members of my immediate family and four members of my distant family members. Air pollution is bad enough, fireworks make it worse for everyone, even the healthiest people! |
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Ban Fireworks in the United States
The highest risk of fireworks injury was to children ages 5 – 9. In the year 2002, fires started by fireworks caused $28 million in property damage to structures and vehicles. www.nfpa.org/news
Fireworks vendors place themselves and other people in danger when they are on parking lots near where people travel to and from merchants to shop. These are dangerous explosives next to people and sometimes their pets. This creates a dangerous setting for any possible life-threatening situation that could be prevented if the fireworks were not being sold on parking lots. Even sparklers can reach temperatures of 2000 degrees and will leave permanent scarring.
Ways you can help to Ban fireworks unnecessary noise, water, and air-pollution:
Don’t purchase fireworks especially if someone has breathing problems in your family.
Don’t attend outdoor fireworks displays, the toxic fall-out is enough to negatively affect your overall health for the next week or two, especially if you have Asthma.
Find alternatives to celebrating the 4th of July and New Years Eve with a laser light show event and/or dinner at the families favorite restaurant!
Write your legislators in your district including your governor, state representatives, town council, chamber of commerce, mayor and tell them that you do not want your tax dollars wasted on fireworks displays that pollute. Include in your letter that you would like to see this same money spent on education for schools, libraries, and colleges to help students instead of wasting tax payers money on fireworks that pollute everyone’s environment. If you want, send them this petition to alert them of the dangers of fireworks pollution.
Fireworks stories and news articles: http://stop-fireworks.org/english.htm
http://stop-fireworks.org/english.htm
Warning, graphic pictures of fireworks injuries: http://huntingtonpd.com/fireworks/fireworks_pictures_page.htm
http://stop-fireworks.org/english.htm
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