Fireworks display during festive celebrations can cause acute short term air pollution. Deepawali –the festival of light– is celebrated in India, every year during October or November with great fireworks display. Concentration of air pollutants such as SPM (suspended particulate matter), PM 10 , PM 2.5 , SO 2 and NO 2 were monitored for six consecutive days during Deepawali in Salkia, a densel...

Yu-Feng Sun 1, Jie-Sheng Wang 1,2,* and Jiang-Di Song 1 1 School of Electronic and Information Engineering, University of Science and Technology Liaoning, Anshan 114044, China; [email protected] (Y.-F.S.); [email protected] (J.-D.S.) 2 National Financial Security and System Equipment Engineering Research Center, University of Science and Technology Liaoning, Anshan 114044, China * Correspondence: ...

Many social celebrations in urban areas are followed by fireworks show. The organic and inorganic pollutants emitted during detonations are expected to affect the ambient air quality of these celebration sites. The environmental aspects of fireworks events are usually investigated by analyzing the concentration and composition of airborne particulate matter, while there is limited information r...

Easter is the most important holiday for the Greek Church. It is rich in traditions and rituals but during the Greek Easter festivities, especially at midnight Mass on Easter Saturday night, it is customary to throw fireworks around. These fireworks are not part of the true Easter tradition and they are potentially fatal. Unfortunately, in the past few years, the custom has become more and more...

The development of perchlorate-free hand-held signal illuminants for the US Army's M195 green star parachute is described. Compared with the perchlorate-containing control, the optimized perchlorate-free illuminants were less sensitive toward various ignition stimuli while offering comparable burn times and visible-light outputs. The results were also important from the perspective of civilian ...

BACKGROUND Our aim was to review the characteristics of transferred fireworks-related ocular damage and to evaluate the prognostic value of the ocular trauma score (OTS) for these injuries. METHODS This study included 22 transferred patients (19 male, 3 female; mean age 22.6±14.9 years) (25 eyes). The data were retrospectively reviewed, including the characteristics of the geography, types of...

A total of 38 cases of fireworks related injuries from Hospital USM over a 5-year period from 1986 to 1990 during Hari Raya festival were analysed. The majority (68.5%) of the patients were teenagers, between 10 to 19 years of age. All the cases were Malays and most of the accidents occurred before the Hari Raya Idilfitri festive seasons. Fourteen cases were caused by self-made fireworks and an...

Online measurements for chemical components in PM2.5 (particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than 2.5 ?m) were carried out Qinhuangdao (QHD), Tangshan (TS), Shijiazhuang (SJZ), and Zhengzhou (ZZ), China, from December 14, 2016 to February 2, 2017 assess the impact of fireworks control on air quality during Spring Festival. Pre-fireworks, fireworks, post-fireworks periods all asses...

Fireworks are used to celebrate a variety of religious, patriotic, and cultural holidays and events around the world. Fireworks are common in the United States, with the most popular holiday for their use being national Independence Day, also known as July Fourth. The use of fireworks within the context of celebrations and holidays presents the ideal environment for accidents that lead to sever...