Are the toxins & smoke from FIREWORKS dangerous to wildlife and the atmosphere?

Question

How much do fireworks pollute and how harmful are the toxins they release to wildlife?

Answer 1

No way near as bad, or as massive as the untreated smoke from a naturally occurring forest fire, or an erupting volcano.

Hmmm....nature causes greenhouse gases for hundreds of thousands of years......maybe it's not ALL manmade after all. There's a concept!

Answer 2

Water is one of the most toxic substances on earth.  complete immersion will cause death quicker than Cyanide in the gas chamber.  Fireworks pollute but I have heard of no deaths from fireworks emissions even when they are presented to large crowds.  I have seen more fatalities (dogs) from noise pollution than from the toxins produced.

Answer 3

You would need to know what they are made of first starting out with plain gunpowder.

http://www.publicbookshelf.com/public_ht...

What is gunpowder made of

And then fireworks.

http://www.enotes.com/science-fact-finde...

How Are Colored Fireworks Made? - Science Fact Finder

Now you have some homework to do.

Answer 4

What goes up comes down. It wont kill you.

Answer 5

YES!!!! finally someone puts that out in the open

Answer 6

Not in the minuscule quantities in which they are used.

Answer 7

Yes, all toxins and smokes are dangerous to a certain degree.. They are not natural to the earth, so there for they have a certain degree of damage... Kinda vague I am sorry there is no way to determine without a controlled research...

Answer 8

Not anymore than the natural brimstone that comes from volcanoes

Answer 9

Oh get real! haha Beefcattle and people put out more methane and other gases and toxins into the atmosphere and have more effect on the planet than fireworks ever could! 7 billion people put out a litre of gas a day! Cattle put out up to 7 litres! (President Bush puts out about 20 a day, but that's from the other end, - granted, not much difference between each end there! haha)...and I agree with the other writer who said that bushfires pose a much greater risk to the atmosphere and wildlife than fireworks...which are managed well, ever could.