Fireworks divide opinions like few other subjects. To us as people, fireworks are either an exciting visual and auditory ...

Fireworks are a Fourth of July tradition, but experts say the same explosions that light up the sky can also pollute the air, startle wildlife and create hidden health risks. In Raleigh, air pollution ...

While ringing in 2026, fine particle levels potentially left from exploding fireworks spiked in these locations.

Mehr pulls back the curtain on the true scale of the environmental and health-related burdens fireworks can cause.