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By LOU HATTER
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Once again this year, along with the brilliant flashes and thunderous booms, misery and mutilation will accompany all too many Fourth of July fireworks displays.
During 1985 more than 10,000 people were treated for injuries related to fireworks, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission. The eyes were involved in 1,512 of those injuries.
Last year, the American Academy of Opthalmology reported the largest number of eye injuries ever in a single day — 659. The Academy also reported that more than 40 percent of those injuries involved some permanent damage to the eyes.
There is an upward trend in both the amount of fireworks sold and the number of injuries they cause. Experts have estimated that as much as 80 tons of pyrotechnics will be detonated during the nation’s dual celebration of Independence Day and the Statue of Liberty centennial.
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