Submitted on Monday 6th November 2017
Rejected on Wednesday 8th November 2017
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make it law to sell and use only silent fireworks
Firework bangs terrify pets, farm animals, wildlife, people for whom a loud bang is a PTSD trigger and young children. For hours on November 5th, weeks before, after and at dozens of other events all year. Silent fireworks are a compromise to a ban.
In parts of Europe silent fireworks are used increasinlgy to protect pets, livestock and wildlife. Collecchio, Italy, passed a law in 2015 that all fireworks displays must be quiet.
The World Health Organization lists 120 decibels as the pain threshold for sound, including sharp sounds such as thunderclaps. Fireworks are louder than that and can lead to hearing loss..
Animals fleeing from fireworks often get lost, injured or killed. Noisy fireworks are not as colourful as silent ones.
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