CPSC Warns of Deadly Dangers When Consumers Use Illegal Fireworks
Released: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 by CPSC
Between 2000 and 2006, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) has reports of 49 fireworks-related consumer deaths, the CPSC announced today on the Washington Mall, joined by the U.S. Fire Administration and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). More than half of these incidents involved illegal fireworks. On average there are about seven firework-related deaths each year. The CPSC is aware of 11 deaths associated with fireworks in 2006. CPSC's staff estimates that there were 9,200 emergency room-treated injuries associated with all fireworks in 2006. Most of these injuries, 6,400, occurred during the one month period surrounding the July 4th holiday.
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