Edited sentence: (see below : Traditional Chinese firecrackers (AKA Mandarin firecrackers-Mandarin crackers produced a dimmer, less brilliant flash when they exploded).For thousand of years, firecrackers with original black powder had negligible injurious potential.Government-sanctioned public displays of fireworks cost millions of dollars, and the resultant level of air pollution contribution is not much different from the spread-out use of the public during the festive periods.It is obvious that the increased reports of injuries in modern time correlate closely with the use of modern powders for bigger, brighter explosions in firecrackers, and consequently, much more dangerous to the unwary users.Other common excuses the governments cited for banning firecrackers use by the public includes air pollution and waste of money are false and politically motivated.Perhaps, they can justify the ban on the argument that they save money for all by using the tax payers' money already contributed, instead of the lay public burning money out of their pockets.Regrettably, the relentless push of marketing and competition ultimately resulted in a powerful explosive dangerous product, and the thus complete ban of the use of firecrackers by the general public in many countries