Healthy You:
Have A Sparkling
(& Safe) Summer!
by Kim Jones,
Cary Medical Center
When I was a kid, it was such a treat to run around consumer fireworks, here are some ways to reduce the risk
the backyard with sparklers on a starry summer night. I of injuries:
felt like Sorcerer Mickey in Fantasia with magic seemingly • Before using fireworks, know the federal, state, and
shooting out of my hands. Similarly, I have fond memories
local laws. Even though Maine has legalized the use of
of watching fireworks at places like Trafton Lake on
consumer fireworks, town and city governments m