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}} ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1117016/ PMC link])</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Warning issued vs watusi|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qa8mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PgsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4703%2C3555336|accessdate=4 January 2016|agency=Philippine News Agency|publisher=Manila Standard|date=19 December 1994}}</ref> The ingredients in the firework are highly toxic, and ingestion can lead to painful death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philstar.com/metro/36361/man-commits-suicide-ingesting-watusi|title=Man commits suicide by ingesting watusi |publisher=philstar.com|author= Nestor Etolle |date=2 January 2008}}</ref> In particular, children are killed by watusi fireworks after sucking on them or mistaking them for sweets.<ref name=Wallerstein1999/> The [[Philippine Department of Health]] is attempting to have the sale of watusi fireworks to children banned to prevent these deaths.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/209242/news/nation/doh-exec-eyes-ban-on-children-from-buying-watusi-firecracker|title=DOH exec eyes ban on children from buying watusi firecracker|date=28 December 2010|publisher=GMA News Online}}</ref><ref name=Wallerstein1999/> |
}} ([http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1117016/ PMC link])</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Warning issued vs watusi|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=qa8mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PgsEAAAAIBAJ&pg=4703%2C3555336|accessdate=4 January 2016|agency=Philippine News Agency|publisher=Manila Standard|date=19 December 1994}}</ref> The ingredients in the firework are highly toxic, and ingestion can lead to painful death.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.philstar.com/metro/36361/man-commits-suicide-ingesting-watusi|title=Man commits suicide by ingesting watusi |publisher=philstar.com|author= Nestor Etolle |date=2 January 2008}}</ref> In particular, children are killed by watusi fireworks after sucking on them or mistaking them for sweets.<ref name=Wallerstein1999/> The yellow phosphorus, the most dangerous component of the watusi, may explode and rip apart the [[esophagus]] when ingested.<ref>{{cite news|title=Watusi is dangerous|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=_ZROAAAAIBAJ&sjid=2AoEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2636%2C1643856|accessdate=4 January 2016|agency=Reuters|publisher=Manila Standard|date=12 December 1992}}</ref> The [[Philippine Department of Health]] is attempting to have the sale of watusi fireworks to children banned to prevent these deaths.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/209242/news/nation/doh-exec-eyes-ban-on-children-from-buying-watusi-firecracker|title=DOH exec eyes ban on children from buying watusi firecracker|date=28 December 2010|publisher=GMA News Online}}</ref><ref name=Wallerstein1999/> |
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Revision as of 15:45, 4 January 2016
A watusi is a type of firecracker that is popular in the Philippines.
Its ingredients are yellow phosphorus, potassium chlorate, potassium nitrate, and trinitrotoluene.[1][2] The ingredients in the firework are highly toxic, and ingestion can lead to painful death.[3] In particular, children are killed by watusi fireworks after sucking on them or mistaking them for sweets.[1] The yellow phosphorus, the most dangerous component of the watusi, may explode and rip apart the esophagus when ingested.[4] The Philippine Department of Health is attempting to have the sale of watusi fireworks to children banned to prevent these deaths.[5][1]
References
- ^ a b c Wallerstein, C (1999). "Christmas firework "sweets" kill hundreds of children". BMJ (Clinical research ed.). 319 (7219): 1222. doi:10.1136/bmj.319.7219.1222a. PMID 10550079. (PMC link)
- ^ "Warning issued vs watusi". Manila Standard. Philippine News Agency. 19 December 1994. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ^ Nestor Etolle (2 January 2008). "Man commits suicide by ingesting watusi". philstar.com.
- ^ "Watusi is dangerous". Manila Standard. Reuters. 12 December 1992. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
- ^ "DOH exec eyes ban on children from buying watusi firecracker". GMA News Online. 28 December 2010.
See also
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