The earth is unforgiving and every drop of pollution finds its time and place to cause damage. Think about this when you light unnecessary fires in Lag B'Omer
Humanity creates many hazards to the natural environment and to itself, global warming, damage to living and plant systems, damage to water systems and air pollution are only some of the problems that man brings to the earth, but not all.
One of the biggest hazards that is often ignored is acid rain, a concept proposed by Robert Angus in 1872 to describe a high concentration of acids and oxides in precipitation in general and rainwater in particular.
These are soluble gases of nitrogen oxide (NO3) and sulfur oxide (SO4) that dissolve in water and turn into nitric acid (HNO3) and sulfuric acid (H2SO4). These dissolve in the water vapor in the atmosphere and thus turn the water "sour"
The ratio of the two acids changes from 60% for sulfuric acid to 30% for nitric acid). Allanhan adds hydrochloric acid (HCL) which is formed as hydrogen chloride gas dissolved in water. Although the composition of acid rain is known, it is not clear what the "contribution" of each of the acids is to the damage. Damage continues even after the rain has fallen since it is almost impossible to clean the water, since the gases that create the acid rain come from different sources and move great distances. It is difficult to locate their geographical origin, but it is clear that this is a human "creation" and as such constitutes a challenge and a hazard to the entire environment.
When the water from the acid rain irrigates the land and joins the river water, it harms all the flora and fauna it encounters as well as the oceans. Some attribute acid rain as the biggest contributor to the bleaching of corals that has become a worldwide phenomenon - even in seemingly remote areas such as the Great Barrier Reef near Australia. The oceans absorb these acids and become acidic themselves.
Many of these acids are the products of inefficient and uncontrolled burning. And it is known that LG BaOmer bonfires are a mixture of natural and artificial combustion materials collected indiscriminately. The recommendation is to minimize the bonfire phenomenon as much as possible. Not to mention, of course, the danger of a fire, as happened in Carmel when a boy lit a fire (regardless of LJ Ba'omer) and the end is known.
