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posted by janrinok on Wednesday July 01 2015, @02:31PM   Printer-friendly
from the light-up-the-sky dept.

According to the Washington Post a recent study by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has reviewed the short term impact of 4th of July fireworks on air pollution across the US:

Every July 4, the 14,000-plus dazzling fireworks displays across the nation have a toxic effect on our atmosphere. A new NOAA study shows they temporarily increase particulate pollution by an average of 42 percent.

The first of its kind study, published in the journal Atmospheric Environment, analyzed concentrations of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) at 315 U.S. air quality monitoring stations between 1999 and 2013.

The original press release from the NOAA links to the report itself.


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  • (Score: 2, Funny) by sparky on Wednesday July 01 2015, @05:21PM

    by sparky (5496) on Wednesday July 01 2015, @05:21PM (#203841)

    Thanks for the warning NOAA. I accept the risks.

    Joe Dirt: So you're gonna tell me that you don't have no black cats, roman candles, or screaming mimis?
    Kicking Wing: No.
    Joe Dirt: Oh come on, man. You don't got no lady fingers, fuzz buttles, snicker bombs, church burners, finger blasters, gut busters, zippity do das, or crap flappers?
    Kicking Wing: No, I don't.
    Joe Dirt: You're gonna stand there, owning a fireworks stand, and tell me you don't have no whistling bungholes, no spleen splitters, whisker biscuits, honkey lighters, hüsker düs, hüsker don'ts, cherry bombs, nipsy daisers, with or without the scooter stick, or one single whistling kitty chaser?
    Kicking Wing: No... because snakes and sparklers are the only ones I like.
    Joe Dirt: Well that might be your problem. It's not what you like, it's the consumer.

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  • (Score: 4, Interesting) by frojack on Wednesday July 01 2015, @05:58PM

    by frojack (1554) on Wednesday July 01 2015, @05:58PM (#203869) Journal

    Meh! Around here, things have totally turned upside down.

    Its hard to find the high shooting consumer grade sky burst type fireworks, UNLESS you go to the Indian reservations.
    City/county regulations progressively ban them, but they can't touch the reservations.

    Oddly authorities used to ban gun running TO the Indians, now they are trying to figure out a way to ban explosive running FROM the Indians. You can't throw a poker chip from the front gate of an Tribal Casino without hitting an Tribal fireworks stand.

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    • (Score: 2) by Kromagv0 on Wednesday July 01 2015, @06:28PM

      by Kromagv0 (1825) on Wednesday July 01 2015, @06:28PM (#203879) Homepage

      Sounds similar to every fireworks stand within eyesight of the MN WI border. Sadly I have found it better to go over to Wisconsin to buy Minnesota legal fireworks than to buy from a temp stand near my house. The bigger permanent chain stands have their own lines of house brand stuff that is cheaper and also better than comparable stuff that you find in Minnesota since in Wisconsin those have to compete with the mortars, rockets, roman candles, etc. while in Minnesota they don't. Now I wonder if the tribes in MN could sell non MN legal fireworks since they occupy an odd place in US and MN law.

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      • (Score: 2) by frojack on Wednesday July 01 2015, @07:19PM

        by frojack (1554) on Wednesday July 01 2015, @07:19PM (#203913) Journal

        Yeah, don't know about tribes in Minnesota. I use to live their, and know that some of the tribes have right to go across the border any time they want, but their reservation rules are from a different treaty than the ones in Washington State.

        Seems the various regions of the US have totally different reservation rules.

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        • (Score: 3, Interesting) by Kromagv0 on Wednesday July 01 2015, @08:37PM

          by Kromagv0 (1825) on Wednesday July 01 2015, @08:37PM (#203957) Homepage

          Well the different rules seems to come from that fact that each tribe is considered to some degree to be it's own nation. It makes for a legal mess and at least in Minnesota has caused a number of issues. One that I remember from a few years ago is that the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community's reservation falls within the city limits of Prior Lake and wasn't paying for various city services since they don't have property tax. The two casinos on their reservation makes them one of the wealthiest tribes in the state and the city was spending all sorts of money to plow their streets. Eventually it got sorted out but it was a rather ambiguous issue as to who was right. There have been other similar dust ups over fishing rights up in some of the norther parts of MN.
           
          This also ignores the issues about fishing on Red Lake and what has happened to some fishermen when they drifted across the boundary up there, personally I wouldn't have been any where near the boundary to begin with so they aren't completely absolved of fault. This also is likely a problem with some of their random 40-160 acre holdings they have up in northern MN. Unlike all other land in MN, if you can't tell that it is privately owned (posted or clear transition of the land) the owner can demand you leave and you have to but that is it, if you happen to wander on to one of these odd one off acreages the tribe can confiscate all your stuff like they have done to fishermen on Red Lake.

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          • (Score: 2) by frojack on Wednesday July 01 2015, @10:39PM

            by frojack (1554) on Wednesday July 01 2015, @10:39PM (#203993) Journal

            This also is likely a problem with some of their random 40-160 acre holdings they have up in northern MN. Unlike all other land in MN, if you can't tell that it is privately owned (posted or clear transition of the land) the owner can demand you leave and you have to but that is it, if you happen to wander on to one of these odd one off acreages the tribe can confiscate all your stuff like they have done to fishermen on Red Lake.

            I actually remember that happening to us when I was quite young. My dad and I drifted over the line and some guys from the tribe came out and told us. They were nice about it, my dad was nice about it, we hadn't caught anything over there, shook hands and went our way. Guess they didn't figure a guy comes out to poach in a row boat full of kids.

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    • (Score: 2) by M. Baranczak on Wednesday July 01 2015, @08:58PM

      by M. Baranczak (1673) on Wednesday July 01 2015, @08:58PM (#203961)
      Where I live, you have to go to Pennsylvania for fireworks. Here's how fucked-up the legal situation is: In PA, you can buy and possess fireworks, but only if you're not a PA resident. You can't use the fireworks in PA. And the fireworks are illegal to use or possess in every state bordering PA.