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D.C. is giving itself a hazardous dose of toxins tonight > largest fireworks in U.S. history > dropping 9 metric tons of toxic chemicals on city > air quality 2-8x higher than "hazardous" > toxins 17-57x higher than acceptable levels > chemicals settling into ground, water, food Ave person will inhale: > 81 ug Strontium: deposits in lung tissue > 81 ug Barium: potent gastrointestinal, cardiac toxicant > 27 ug Aluminum oxides: pulmonary inflammation > 27 ug Titanium oxides: pulmonary inflammation > 27 ug Copper: oxidative stress respiratory > 27 ug Antimony, trace compounds: known carcinogen It will be an acute exposure. Also, idk, is there another way to celebrate our 250th?

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