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via holifestival.org Play a Colourful and Safe festival of holi! Came across this article on Holifestival.org The aim of this article is to generate awareness amongst people about the various harmful effects around Holi celebrations and encourage people to celebrate an eco friendly Holi! Please read on to know about the three main environmental concerns around Holi - 1.The use of toxic chemical colours. 2. The use of wood for burning Holi fires. 3. The wasteful use of water during Holi. Around 2001, two environmental groups called Toxics Link and Vatavaran, based in Delhi, did a study on all the three available categories of colours available in the market - pastes, dry colours and water colours. The study revealed that all of these three forms of chemical Holi colors are hazardous. Color Chemical Health Effects Black Lead oxide Renal Failure Green Copper Sulphate Eye Allergy, Puffine

hectic hectic.. week.... phew! so damn tired..... ah! but d smile on the faces of the lovely li'l dahlings.... made me forget d tiredness..... as i stepped out of the car, all weary and tired.. I anticipated some curious eyes staring at me.... . Fiddling with my bag for the colours [gulaal] I had kept, and the ghujiya, I was still looking into the red coloured jhola bag which mom got for me :D n i readily accepted dat as it was quite different from d dainty purses I have been carrying, and esp coz it reminded moi of the good old college days....ah! purani jeans aur guitar :) hmmm.... so.... well! i was distracted by the "beats" of a v fav song playing somewhere... :D n a group of kiddos jumping around all oblivious.. trying to copy shahid n kareena ;) lolz.... i was fascinated..... stood watching them.... felt my feet tapping even at d "noisy" broken "music" and "beats" from d broken radio :P I guess d cheer of the voices + d lovely laught