Safety tips for using Fireworks this New Year's Eve
buzzz worthy. . . New Year's Eve is a wonderful time to celebrate the start of a new year. And fireworks are a wonderful way of celebrating. In 2013, there were reports of injuries caused by consumers taking fireworks apart and modifying them, and of children being hurt by having unsupervised access to consumer fireworks. There were also reports of shooters of fireworks being impaired by alcohol. If you are at a party for New Year's Eve where consumer fireworks are being shot, make sure that there is a designated shooter who has not been drinking any alcohol and that the fireworks are being used without modifying them in any way. Nancy Blogin, President of the National Council on Fireworks Safety, notes: "Each New Year's Eve, consumers are injured because their judgment has been impaired by beer, wine, or other alcoholic drink. Alcohol and fireworks do not mix!" Blogin also implores consumers to not modify fireworks in any way, or leave fireworks where...