Ang magpaputok ay di biro!

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Ngayong Bagong Taon, anong ingay ay gagawin mo? It has been our tradition to welcome new year with fire crackers and fireworks. Pang-taboy di umano ng mga bad spirits and bad lucks na maaring hindi magpaganda ng ating buong taon. Yup, we need to make noise dahil bukod sa nabanggit ay kulang ang saya kung walang mga nakabibinging paputok at kung wala kang papanooring fireworks (ng kapitbahay).

But we get warnings from media, Department of Health (DOH) and even from the Fire departments about the hazards of some locally manufactured fire crackers. Bukod sa mga traditional triangulo, pla-pla, sawa, whistlebomb, watusi, sinturon ni hudas and the likes, may mga bagong addition sa super lolo family na mahigpit na ipinagbabawal ng batas. These are the good-bye editions like goodbye philippines, goodbye earth and goodbye universe. Ito yung mga tipo na parang tunay na bomba kung sumabog na sobrang delikado at definitely, nakamamatay. Hindi kaya Hello Kamatayan dapat ang tawag dito?

Yep, ang magpaputok ay hindi biro, kung watusi, poppop, picolo man iyan, lahat nangangailangan ng extra care especially sa mga kids na nag-eenjoy sa pagpapaputok. There is no safe fire cracker. Lahat harmful. (Kabilin-bilinan nga ni lola, mag-torotot ka na lang muna.) Kaya with this, DOH is encouraging everyone to join and promote APIR or Aksyon: Paputok Injury Reduction. They even urged to public to just download the thundering sounds of most powerful firecrackers on their website.

Samantala, hindi pa man pumapatak ang alas dose y media ng gabi, may naitala nang 200+ cases of firecracker injuries and DOH nationwide at tinatayang tataas pa ito sa mga susunod na oras. Paano ba yan kabayan, dadagdag ka pa ba? Mahirap nang mawalan ng daliri or bahagi ng katawan ng dahil lamang sa kasiyan na hatid ng pagpapaputok. Are these firecrackers worth our fingers? Certainly no. Kaya, ngayong gabi, doble ingat tayo ha.