Guwahati: In the midst of the commotion for the use of green crackers in the season of the celebration, experts have claimed that like other firecrackers, green crackers also basically contain various poisonous chemical compounds, although in lower amounts but cannot be called “environmentally friendly”.
Environmental activists say most green crackers are said to cause pollution around 30% less than the average cracker.
Professor Bhisma K Patel, who taught chemistry at IIT Guwahati said that green crackers too, in many cases, use pollution chemicals such as aluminum, barium, potassium nitrate and carbon.
“But the amount reduced which in turn reduces emissions around 30%.
In some green crackers, these chemicals are not used at all.
Green crackers are made using less polluted raw materials.
Their chemical formulation ensures a reduction in particle emissions into the atmosphere.
By suppressing the dust produced, “Patel said.
He added that while regular crackers emitted around 160 decibels of sound, the level of green cracker emissions was limited to 110-125 decibels.
Green Activist Sumaira Abdulali told TII, “Green Cracker developed by the National Environmental Research Institute (NEEI) that decides on chemical content to avoid noise and dangerous emissions that can pollute the air, have fewer emissions.
Samples are called green.
Crackers are purchased By the Awaaz Foundation does not seem to be green crackers.
But they contain dangerous metals and are prohibited.
“” We tested firecrackers in the laboratory and all contain materials such as Mercury, Lithium, Barium, Lead and Arsenic who were banned by The Apex Court.
This can’t It is called green because they are deadly poisons.
Mercury is a neurotoxin which causes severe birth defects and growth in children and constant and prolonged arsenic exposure can be fatal.
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‘Green crackers are hardly green, can’t be called environmentally friendly’
