Boycott called over safety fears of Chinese Lanterns (From Darlington and Stockton Times)
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Boycott called over safety fears of Chinese Lanterns
6:08pm Friday 26th October 2012 in News
By Ian Noble, Reporter (Shildon and Spennymoor)
A BOYCOTT is being called for on Chinese Lanterns over Halloween and Bonfire Night over fears they are a fire risk to farmers.
The Country Landowners Association in the North is calling for action as it believes the lanterns are a fire threat to land, property, people and livestock.
The landowners group argues that the potential dangers the lanterns may cause outweigh any aesthetic appeal of the items.
Dorothy Fairburn, CLA north regional director, said: “Manufacturers and importers defend the products as an environmentally friendly way for people to enjoy themselves.
“But it is becoming increasingly clear they are nothing more than a potential lethal fire risk. I would urge anyone considering using sky lanterns to think again.
“Even open countryside contains houses, farms, farmland and woodland where people’s and animals’ lives could be put at risk.”
Comments(18)
dawn patrol
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10:14pm Fri 26 Oct 12
dawn patrol
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10:14pm Fri 26 Oct 12
Colcat
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11:28am Sat 27 Oct 12
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“Manufacturers and importers defend the products as an environmentally friendly way for people to enjoy themselves."
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How are these environmentally friendly? They cause farm animals to die by choking, and the "environmental" frames take 40 years to break down.
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Releasing these cannot be compared to having a bonfire or even having any common sense!
the-big-yin
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1:36pm Sat 27 Oct 12
why don-t we stop driving cars, stop fast food, stop drinking.....where do you get 40 years for the lanterns to break down...they are paper and wood..and a little bit of metal...what about fireworks?
dawn patrol
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6:07pm Sat 27 Oct 12
always right
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4:28pm Sun 28 Oct 12
dawn patrol wrote:lol,,,what a proper "townie" you are !. Livestock DO NOT choke on these things,they aint that stupid {unlike some people}. However,thanks for the good laugh we had at you.
Big Yin,its the metal wire frame that farm animals choke on would you like to compensate the owners when they are killed.
loonyleft
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6:12pm Sun 28 Oct 12
loonyleft
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6:12pm Sun 28 Oct 12
the-big-yin
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11:51am Mon 29 Oct 12
baz-tard wrote:lol....
BAN THEM NOW.. yer need to be a fekkin divvy to use them..AND FIREWORKS.. ban them fekkers too. Frightens me little dog they does.
People will be filling bottles with petrol next and throwing them. God forbid.
we need to act now to stop this conspiracy....
lets ban everything in the whole wide world and dive into our shells to avoid the riders of the apocalypse......
RobAycliffe
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1:53pm Mon 29 Oct 12
always right
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5:44pm Thu 1 Nov 12
loonyleft wrote:Do you always repeat what people say ?,and believe them ?. Oh,and they DO NOT get stuck in fences and choke either. The only thing you got right here is the farm workers.
I was merely repeating what farmers have said in the press before, so the laughs on you , not always right, livestock not stupid then why do the daft sods get there selves stuck in wire fences and srtrangle themselves,they are about as intelligent as farm workers!!!
tomtopper
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10:13pm Thu 1 Nov 12
jd6620
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6:12am Fri 2 Nov 12
Liamsm
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7:19am Fri 2 Nov 12
the-big-yin wrote:If you enjoy Chinese lanterns so much i think you should go and get a life or live in China. They are paper and wood and a little bit of metal!! Let's hope you don't loose over 5 k a year because of these things!! Would you enjoy them that much if it cost you? I doubt it very much.
OH! PLEASE LETS BAN ALL FORMS OF ENJOYMENT...
why don-t we stop driving cars, stop fast food, stop drinking.....where do you get 40 years for the lanterns to break down...they are paper and wood..and a little bit of metal...what about fireworks?
loonyleft
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8:51am Fri 2 Nov 12
natureguardian
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6:21pm Fri 2 Nov 12
Lanterns have caused animals (cows) to choke to death on the metal frames and even the supposedly 'eco' bamboo frames have pierced the oesophagus of a cow
Lanterns are lethal to birds and wildlife
Lanterns have also been known to severely burn children too!
SO to all those people that think they pose no danger; I sincerely hope that your children, pets and livestock are harmed in any way when you release Chinese lanterns into the sky!
Oh yes and they are made out of paper and bamboo and be 'biodegradable/envir
onmentally-friendly' but they would still take up to six months to break down, BUT regardless of that, they pose a fire risk, and danger to animals, the moment you let one go!
natureguardian
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6:23pm Fri 2 Nov 12
Lanterns have caused animals (cows) to choke to death on the metal frames and even the supposedly 'eco' bamboo frames have pierced the oesophagus of a cow
Lanterns are lethal to birds and wildlife
Lanterns have also been known to severely burn children too!
SO to all those people that think they pose no danger; I sincerely hope that NONE of your children, pets and livestock are harmed in any way when you release Chinese lanterns into the sky!
... and they are made out of paper and bamboo and be 'biodegradable/envir
onmentally-friendly' but they would still take up to six months to break down, BUT regardless of that, they pose a fire risk, and danger to animals, the moment you let one go!
user name 3 says...
7:26pm Fri 26 Oct 12