Fireworks are equal parts lovely and ugly—lovely because, well, they’re fireworks, and who doesn’t enjoy a good pyrotechnic sky show? The ugly part comes mostly after, in the haze of toxic gases and ...

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Each year, people in the United States set off roughly 400 million pounds of fireworks. While these create spectacular shows, a host of recent research has called attention to the risks posed by the ...

Spectators gather at Gantry Plaza State Park in Queens to watch to 2022 Macy's fireworks display on July 4, 2022 in New York City. Credit - Roy Rochlin—Getty Images Fireworks are equal parts lovely ...

They zoom instead of boom. They flash instead of flare. They assemble into shapes so sophisticated — a swimming whale, a spinning globe, a marching robot — that traditional pyrotechnics can seem a ...