News: They might be pretty in the sky, but fireworks come at a price for many

A recent article addressing the issue of fireworks in  the Sun Journal. Fireworks have the potential to disrupt wildlife, introduce heavy metal, perchlorates, microplastics, and other waste products into lakes.

“The short answer is that we don’t really know enough to answer that sufficiently,” said Tristan Taber, an aquatic scientist and director of the water quality program at nonprofit Lake Stewards of Maine. “I think (the uncertainty) does come from the high level of variability in something like a fireworks display,” he clarified.

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