Delhi HC Rejects Plea for Temporary License to Sell Crackers
Incidents of fire or injury caused by crackers has become a routine affair. So the Delhi High Court has rejected a plea for a temporary license to sell crackers.
Incidents of fire or injury caused by crackers has become a routine affair. So the Delhi High Court has rejected a plea for a temporary license to sell crackers.
‘The cases of fire-related burns in the emergency department increased from 29% in 2006 to 50% in 2012 due to relaxations in state laws governing firework sales.’
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An abstract of the study, "Effect of Fireworks Laws on Pediatric Fireworks Related Burn Injuries," will be presented at the PAS meeting in Baltimore on May 3. Researchers looked at federal and state data from the National Inpatient Sample, with data on 8 million hospital stays each year, and the Nationwide Emergency Department Sample, which annually compiles information on 30 million discharges from emergency medicine facilities.
They determined the number of patients under age 21 treated and released by emergency departments between 2006 and 2012 rose modestly. Significantly larger increases were seen in injuries requiring inpatient hospital admission, which skyrocketed from 29 percent of cases in 2006 to 50 percent in 2012.
NGO Urges Government To Impose Ban On Firecrackers During Diwali
Commonly used firecrackers by children were found to have high levels of toxic chemicals such as mercury, lead and sulphur that are harmful for children.
Commonly used firecrackers by children were found to have high levels of toxic chemicals such as mercury, lead and sulphur that are harmful for children.
"Although our findings do not prove a direct link to relaxations in state laws governing fireworks sales, it may be time for lawmakers to reassess this issue. Parents and caregivers of children also should be aware of these increasingly serious injuries and the potential dangers involved in allowing young children to handle and play with fireworks."
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Supreme Court Issues Notice on Plea for Banning Firecrackers During Dussehra, Diwali
Large-scale bursting of firecrackers during Dussehra and Diwali further aggravates the already polluted air in Delhi and is seriously detrimental to health.
Large-scale bursting of firecrackers during Dussehra and Diwali further aggravates the already polluted air in Delhi and is seriously detrimental to health.
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Foreign-Made Crackers Banned This Diwali
This Diwali, Indian fireworks manufacturers have reason to rejoice as the government is reportedly enforcing guidelines of the Explosives Act, 2008, which makes possession and sale of foreign-made explosives a punishable act.
This Diwali, Indian fireworks manufacturers have reason to rejoice as the government is reportedly enforcing guidelines of the Explosives Act, 2008, which makes possession and sale of foreign-made explosives a punishable act.
