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A message is being circulated widely on WhatsApp ahead of Diwali. The message aims to alert people and urge them to stop buying firecrackers that have been manufactured in China. It claims that these firecrackers are more poisonous than carbon monoxide and can cause cancer. Another part of the message claims that Chinese special decorative lamps can cause blindness as ...

A message in Hindi is making rounds on WhatsApp and the same was received by Digiteye India for a fact check. It’s being shared on social media warning readers that crackers made in China are being filled with carbon monoxide to spread asthama among Indians as a conspiratorial attack. Here’s the message:   Its Hindi translation reads: “A Serious Alert … ...