How do Crackers Affect Our Health?

This Diwali brings happiness home, not diseases.

Diwali brings tremendous excitement and celebration spirit. Diwali is a festival of lights, from the past few years it becomes the festival of crackers and less of lights. Nowadays, Diwali celebrations are considered unexecuted without firecrackers which light up the entire sky for a few moments but can terribly affect our environment and our health.

As a disadvantage of burning crackers, Firecracker increases the concentration of dust and pollutants in the air. After firing, the dust and pollutants packed with chemicals like Sulphur, zinc, copper and sodium is settling down in the exposed areas and these dust and pollutants start destructing our environment and easily putting our health at risk.

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How crackers affect the environment

• Air Pollution –The crackers contain many toxic gases and chemical compounds which activate after getting in touch with exposed air and start harming us. For example, Nitrous oxide remains in the air for a long time if the area doesn’t get heavy rain or strong winds.
• Global Warming – Bursting crackers increase heat, carbon dioxide and many toxic gases in the atmosphere, which causes a rise in the temperature of the earth and polluted air leading to global warming.
• Noise Pollution – Loud cracker sound can affect humans directly. Old-age people can be suffered from heart attacks due to the choking loud sounds.
• Garbage – The residual of crackers after bursting is garbage which no one takes care of and it affects the environment.
• Fire Accidents – In the cracker market, a small spark can pursue huge damage to the market, near residents and people available in that market, also if not handled properly; it may cause injuries (internal – respiratory and external – burn).
• Newborn and pregnant women – persistent exposure to loud noises while pregnant might trouble the baby (not proven yet).
• Every human being – Inhaling fumes of crackers can increase the chances of an asthma attack. Heart patients and chronic bronchitis patients come under a high risk of attacks too.
• For Animals –They feel scared and look for the safest place, the noise of firecrackers makes them unstable which leads to shivering, drooling, howling, psychosis or excessive barking.

How chemicals used in crackers affect our health

The chemical can cause burns or respiratory attacks; this also contributes to many infectious diseases and inflammations. The pre-existing disease can be worsened and cause a new disease in surprise.

• Copper –Irritates the respiratory tracts.
• Cadmium – Reduces the capacity of carrying oxygen in the blood, which then leads to anemia
• Zinc – Vomiting and fume fever
• Lead – directly affect our nervous system
• Magnesium – – fume fever by magnesium fume
• Sodium – Highly reactive elements in nature can cause burns or wounds when exposed to air.

Possible health risks that occur due to firecrackers

Let’s figure out the possible health risk due to firing crackers and direct exposure to them

• Patients suffering from infections and allergies can face severe issues, as it may cause congestion of the throat and chest.
• Due to the smoke of firecrackers, the suspended particles in the air increase and everyone exposed to that air are prone to suffer from ear, eye, nose and throat-related problems.
• Air and Noise pollution caused by firecrackers can increase the impact of pre-existing problems and disorders of patients related to the heart, respiratory and nervous systems.
• Radioactive and poisonous elements are used to spread the colour in the sky when crackers burst, which can increase the risk of cancer.
• It is advised to pregnant women to stay at home while the cracker firing is at a peak to avoid the risk of miscarriage.
• The increased level of chemical compounds in the air can limit the growth of children and increase the toxic level of the body.