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Created by:
-Prarthana Kharod
-Meghana Kharod
-Stuti Mankad

What is the presentation all about?

Diwali is originally religious festival

Presently, main attraction FIREWORKS
We are trying to create an awareness about
the harmful effects of fireworks, by this
presentation

Types of fireworks
Fireworks

Sparklers

Firecrackers

Composition
Possible components of any firework:1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

KNO3
BaCl3
As
Strontium Nitrate
Potassium
Perchlorate
6. Copper Oxide

7. NaHCO3
8. Carbon
9. Sulfur
10.Perchlorate
11. Aluminium Powder

Fireworks and Air pollution

Emission of smoke -more in the light illuminating fire
cracker- Levels of SO2 & RSPM (respirable suspended
particulate matter) -marginally higher on Diwali day.
Increase of 9.5% in Air pollution every year-after Diwali.
Combustion processes in industry, power stations &
traffic or from volcanic eruptions into the atmosphere
emission of SO2 & NO2 photochemical oxidation
combination of acids with the water droplets in clouds
fall on the surface of the earth as rain, snow or sleet
Critical levels of SPM were observed in residential areas of
many Indian cities including Ahmedabad, Vadodara,
Jamnagar of Gujarat.

Ten locations having highest concentration of Sulphur Dioxide during year 2003
Residential Areas
S.
No

Location

State

Annual Average conc.

(g/m 3 )

Nal Stop, Pune

Maharashtra

36

2.

Swargate, Pune

Maharashtra

34

3.

Nashik
Nashik

Council, Maharashtra

30

4.

RTO Colony Tank, Nasik

Maharashtra

27

5.

Grasim Kalyan Kendra, Nagda

Madhya Pradesh

22

Visak Hostel, Sector 4, Bhilai

Chattisgarh

22

7.

Vapi Nagar Palika, Vapi

Gujarat

20

8.

Chitale Clinic, Solapur

Maharashtra

20

9.

Cadilla
Bridge,
Ahmedabad

10.

City Dandia Bazaar, Vadodara

Municipal

Narole, Gujarat
Gujarat

19
19

Ten Locations Having Highest Concentration of RSPM during year 2003

Residential Areas
S.
No.

Location

State

Annual
Average
conc. (g/m
3)

1.

Regional Office, Jalandhar

Punjab

245*

2.

New HIG-9, Hirapur, Raipur

Chattisgarh

240*

3.

Regional
Office,
Punjab
SPCB/ Punjab
Vishwakarma Chowk, Ludhiana

218*

4.

Regional Office, Alwar

Rajasthan

198*

5.

Town Hall, Delhi

Delhi

189*

6.

HIG 21, 22, New Ghantaghar, Korba

Chattisgarh

183*

7.

Cadilla Bridge Narol, Ahmedabad

Gujarat

179*

8.

City Dandia Bazaar, Vadodara

Gujarat

178*

9.

Kidwai Nagar, Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh

174*

10

Deputy ka Padao, Kanpur

Uttar Pradesh

173*

Health hazards of air pollution

Harmful chemicals emitted through smoke
known to cause various respiratory diseases
Bright light eye damage

Specific health effects of various

compounds

Chlorate
Toxic by inhalation &
ingestion
Direct exposure Red
blood cell destruction
Directly affects
Kidney.

Barium compounds
Toxic through
inhalation &
accidental ingestion
Soluble Barium salts in
firecrackers
vomiting, abdominal
pain, bloody diarrhea,
shallow breathing,
convulsions, coma,
death.

Nitrate compounds
Toxic through
inhalation & skin
contact
Inhalation acute
pulmonary edema or
COPD
Skin contact
significant absorption
from burnt areas
causes corrosion of
skin & other tissues

Sulfur compounds
Acute inhalation of
Sulfur powder/dust
shortness of breath,
cough, tightness &
feeling of burning in
the chest
Poisoning irritation
of eyes, skin, lungs &
GIT

Copper irritation of respiratory tract

Cadmium Anemia and kidney damage
Lead Nervous system affection
Magnesium Dust & fume cause metal fume
fever
Sodium Reacts violently with moisture & can
attack skin

Cloud of dustSurrounding the Earth

Fireworks and Noise pollution

Noise- Wrong sound, at wrong time, at
wrong place
<80 db- No hearing loss
80-130 db- Temporary hearing loss
>=150 db- physical rupture of human ear
drum
Crackers that make a noise of more than 125
db at 4 meter distance from the point of
bursting- banned by the law.

Remember- Noise made by

most of the crackers, harm
us.

Health hazards of Noise pollution

1. Auditory
Physical damage to ear
Inability to detect weak sounds

2. Non Auditory
High Blood Pressure
Emotional and psychological effects
Irritability, anxiety, stress
Mental fatigue
Poor performance of school children
Affects particularly children
May lead to accidents like fire, blasts etc.

Global warming & climate change

Burning issue
Global warming has changed the climate,
significantly

The melting iceeffect of Global Warming

Where should I go now???

Melting ice on the mountains

Effects of Climate Change

The joint warmest years globally since world records began
in 1856 were 1998 and 2005, followed by 2001/2/3/4/6!
In last 50 years, The Arctic ice sheet has lost almost half its
thickness-contracting at approx 8% per decade.
Water shortages occurred.
According to the insurance industry, three times as many
severe natural disasters during the 1990s as during the
1960s.
Lengthening of growing seasons in the most northern and
southern countries, animal and plant species moving to
higher ground, decline of some animal and plant
populations, earlier tree flowering, insect emergence and
egg-laying in birds.

Continue

Effects of Climate Change

Additional deaths due to the migration of disease
caused by warming could already be 5 million,
according to the World Health Organization.
Desertification of Northern China ,During 2005,
desert has increased by an area larger than Britain.
During 2003, high temperature caused over 20,000
deaths in Europe. In India- 1400 people died due
to the exceptional temperature up to 49C.

Fireworks & Child Labor

India has the largest number of child
workers in the world.
Most of the fireworks-manufactured by child
labourers.
Gov. of India banned child labour.
The children are doing their work at home
to fetch money, particularly in Sivakashi,
Tamilnadu.

Child labour
Children, spread over Nungi and
Champahati in South 24 Parganas or
Bagnan in Howrah, West Bengal, are
making fire crackers.
According to the 2001 census, India has 12.6
million child workers. Activists estimate the
figure is more than 60 million.

Advantages & disadvantages of

fireworks

Advantages

1. Enjoyment
2. Kill insects

Disadvantages

1.

Increase in Air pollution,

Noise pollution
Significant role in climate
change and Global warming
Significant contribution in
child labour
They can harm the human
body
Kill insects

2.
3.
4.
5.

New and safer ways to celebrate

Diwali

Decorate your house

Shop for you and your family.
Prepare sweets and enjoy them
Spend your saved money on an outing. Have a nice
trip with your family members.
Use that money for some good cause.
Watch movies and stage programmes
Invest your precious money and secure your future

If no action is taken
Already, Global warming and greenhouse
effect have started changing the basic
formation of air.
If we dont take any action, end of the Earth
is not so far.

Some Predicted Future Effects of

Climate Change
IPCC (International Panel for Climate Change)s
prediction- global rise of between 1.1C and 6.4C by 2100 .
There is a rise of up to +8C or even +11C. This would
make life intolerable or unsurvivable.
Continuing spread of malaria and other diseases, much
increased insect population. Respiratory illnesses due to
poor air quality with higher temperatures.
Extinction of large numbers of animal and plant species.
Due to warmer water and melting ice- sea level would rise,
The IPCC predicts between 28cm and 43cm by 2100, with
consequent high storm wave heights, threatening to
displace up to 200 million people.

 50% less rainfall in the tropics. Severe water

shortages within 25 years potentially affecting
5 billion people. Widespread crop failures.
50% more river volume by 2100 in northern
countries.
Desertification and burning down of agricultural
land and forests.
Risk of wars fought for water and habitable
territory.
Asia is currently the region most affected by
acidification

 Remember, we have only 95 years to recover

the damage, according to the scientists.
It is a very short period to survive.
Now we have to decide, what we want.
Enjoyment and luxury or life?
It is the time to act

Do or die!!!

Acknowledgement
I sincerely thank the following sources.

Greenfacts.com
The Earth institute at Columbia University
indianchild.com
transport2000.org
cca.org
cpcb.nic.in
diwalifestival.org
Exploringourenvironment (Maharashtra government site)

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