Kees van der LeunJan 1, 2025
Last night in the Netherlands: Boy (14) dies, another boy (13) loses hand, dozens need eye surgery, more fine particles emitted than all road vehicles do in a year, €118 million blown up instead of put to use, millions of pets in fear, wildlife disturbed. Private fireworks: great tradition.
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@Sustainable2050 kids of 13 and 14 are not allowed to light fireworks anyway, so what they lacked was parental oversight.

The stuff that was used in this case is already illegal, so again parental oversight.

A lot of fireworks has been regulated, but the failure lies with parents and a lack of enforcement.

We need to do better, I totally agree. But a fireworks ban will not be effective until two generations have died out.

Jan 2, 2025 at 6:38amWeb