Fireworks links
Ø Teresa Kulkarni, United Kingdom: Nick Kulkarni's Web Space, Home of Teresa's Petition "Licensed Displays only - SAVE LIVES, STOP THE SUFFERING, BAN FIREWORKS NOW": http://freespace.virgin.net/nicholas.k/. And her "old" homepage under: http://freespace.virgin.net/nicholas.k/old_idx.htm
Ø Restrict Fireworks Home Page: We believe fireworks are out of control in the United Kingdom. We believe in a total retail ban on all fireworks: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/restrictfireworks/
Ø Ohio Animal Defense League. A campaign to stop fireworks from traumatizing animals: No Fireworks at Greater Cleveland's New Baseball Stadium! http://www.all-creatures.org/oadl/index.html
Ø Control of Fireworks for Animal Welfare (COFFAW) represents members of the public who want to prevent the unnecessary terror and injuries faced by animals and people alike through indiscriminate, irresponsible and prolonged use of fireworks. http://www.fpl-uk.demon.co.uk/coffaw/
Ø Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA); they make a Fireworks Campaign: http://www.scottishspca.org/Fireworks.aspx
Ø SOCELEX an animal sanctuary in South Wales: Fireworks kill, injure and frighten hundreds of animals every year, and also injure people and damage property; that's why they made a Petition for Better Control on Fireworks. http://members.madasafish.com/%7edianeallen/
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Safewings Bird
Sanctuary, United Kingdom, http://www.uksafari.com/safewings/fireworks.htm
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National
Campaign for Firework Safety. UK group supporting stronger controls within the firework industry:
http://www.angelfire.com/co3/NCFS
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Know
Fireworks. They are here to promote awareness of the difficulties and damage
created each year by fireworks. - At this homepage
you see some of the horrific injuries and find some of the sad stories of the
victims: http://www.geocities.com/know_fworks/
Ø Stay Safe campaign: The Manchester Evening News and Manchester Online is continuing to campaign to have over-the-counter firework sales banned. http://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/s/21/21862_stay_safe_campaign.html
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National
Fire Protection Association (NFPA),Fireworks (Fact Sheets): http://www.nfpa.org/categoryList.asp?categoryID=297&URL=Research%20&%20Reports/Fact%20sheets/Seasonal%20safety/Fireworks
Ø ISD Scotland, Scottish Health Statistices, "Fireworks Injuries" - These web pages contain results of annual fireworks injuries survey in Scotland, carried out under the banner of the Department of Trade & Industry (DTI) Fireworks Injuries Enquiry for Great Britain: http://www.isdscotland.org/isd/info3.jsp?pContentID=351&p_applic=CCC&p_service=Content.show&
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RSPCA Online - The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals:
Fireworks - Fireworks keep the noise down! http://www.rspca.org.uk/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=RSPCACampaigns/Fireworks/FireworksHomepage&articleid=1024473495520
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Fireworks
– Cheap Thrills with Toxic Consequences. Heavy Metal Fallout from Fireworks
Creates Needless Pollution and an Unnecessary Risk to Our Personal and
Environmental Health.
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Prevent Blindness America, Preventing Eye Injuries from Fireworks, http://www.preventblindness.org/safety/fireworksafety.html
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RICHMOND
EYE ASSOCIATES: FOCUS On ... Eye Trauma from Fireworks. http://www.richmondeye.com/fireworks.htm
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Department
of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:
Fireworks-Related Injuries. http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/fworks.htm
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Enschede
Fireworks Disaster Website (in English). The information contained on this
website is focused on the impact the disaster had on the infrastructure of the
affected area, where infrastructure should be understood as the basic physical
and organizational structure and facilities (e.g. buildings, roads etc.), needed
for the operation of a society: http://kartoweb.itc.nl/students/gima2/Disaster.html
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Noise Abatement Society, "Why Worry About Fireworks?", http://www.herts.ac.uk/services/community/Fireworks%20Leaflet.doc
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The Department for Business, Enterprise & Regulatory
Reform (BERR), Firework Safety, http://www.berr.gov.uk/fireworks/
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Voice for the Voiceless, started on 1 January 2006 by Hazel Voice, when
she could no longer tolerate the suffering caused by the anti-social use of
fireworks:
http://www.voiceforthevoiceless.org.za/index.htm
Ø PetHelpIndia.com: Effect of fireworks on animals, website owned and operated by veterinarians for the pets in India, http://www.pethelpindia.com/fireworkseffects.htm
Ø FIREWORK SANITY advocating more restrictions on amateur fireworks to reduce wildfire risk: http://fireworksanity.blogspot.com/
Ø Drumming Instead! is a grassroots effort to encourage Drumming Instead of fireworks! http://www.drumminginstead.org/
Various links
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Altavista-Babelfish (translation): http://www.babelfish.altavista.com/translate.dyn
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L3XICON.COM - an electronic dictionary/lexicon. This lexicon is generated
using statistical analysis on internet and combined with a traditional
dictionary: http://www.l3xicon.com
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KwMap - a network of keywords and concepts as they logically relate to
each other, on various topics: http://www.KwMap.net
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Frety WebEngine: http://www.frety.com
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