MAYOR TOM BUTT STAFF RESPONSE TO FIREWORKS
The hidden toll of July Fourth fireworks (nationalgeographic.com) The authors…showed that fireworks smoke may be creating an additional—albeit short-term—health risk for communities already disproportionately burdened by air pollution: Urban ones with higher rates of asthma, more older residents and a greater percentage of children under 10. These areas also tended to have more black and Hispanic residents than those with less Fourth of July air pollution,” Nat Geo said The response friom Mayor Tom Butt's office