Fact Check: Is China exporting 'poisonous' Diwali crackers to India? Analyzing facts

The festive season in India is just at the doorstep and messages against Chinese products like crackers, lights have started making rounds on social media but this time it might be different. A viral message that is mostly being spread through Whatsapp and private messaging apps claim that China is supplying "poisonous" crackers to India to support Pakistan after Indian government revoked Article 370.

The message also claims that bulbs and lights are also induced with harmful substances that can be highly injurious to health. Here is the full message.

"*A Serious Alert* ... According to intelligence reports A distraught and frustrated Pakistan, since it is incapable of attacking India in a direct war, is seeking Chinese help to cause the following damage,/ disturbance in India ... *Please read this carefully and take proper care to safeguard your family from any kind of health or other problems*... 

1.A different kind of crackers that produce smoke to cause Asthma in people who inhale that smoke.

2.Besides these crackers are also designed to produce Carbon Monoxide to cause breathing difficulty in people.

further, China is reportedly producing decorative coloured electric bulbs and serial bulbs with a high content of Mercury. The light produced / emitted by these bulbs can be highly injurious and cause vision -related disturrbances in persons exposed to the light, especially children.

*China is planning to flood the Indian market with these dangerous products considering the festive season ahead from Janmashtami till Diwali and Christmas*.

The public are advised to consider the above mentioned information seriously in their own interest and *totally avoid purchasing any and all such products Made in China*.

This measure is very essential for the well being of all Indians ...

*The Citizens are hereby requested to forward and propagate this serious alert to the maximum extent possible among contacts, friends and relatives to safeguard the people as well as the economy of the country* ...

*Jai Hind*"

The alert seems to be fake as intelligence reports are not easily leaked and no Indian agency has red-flagged any category Chinese imports until now. Similar messages had gone viral last year as well but are gaining much more traction this time as bilateral tensions run high between India and Pakistan due to Article 370 revocation.