By Polash Mukerjee:
Note: This article was originally published on Down To Earth.
Editor’s note: Every Diwali, [envoke_twitter_link]you hear the noise of crackers bursting, but are you able to smell your insides burning? Because they are[/envoke_twitter_link]. Environmentalists and concerned citizens have been shouting themselves hoarse trying to explain that firecrackers are bad, not just for the environment, but for you as an individual. [envoke_twitter_link]Their voice of reasoning may not have sunk in, but the poison released by crackers probably has[/envoke_twitter_link].
If you need any more reasons to convince you not to burst crackers this Diwali, take a look at the number of toxic elements you will be exposing yourself to with every phuljhadi, anaar, or chakri, and what exactly it is doing to your body.
