Diwali without firecrackers is not possible as they have a close relation but we are not aware of the harmful effects of firecrackers. Some people celebrate Diwali as Festival of light but others consider it as festival of Firecrackers. Now days firecrackers comes in varieties , some are very delightful but some firecrackers has deafening noise which disturb the others.
In our tradition fireworks used for an purpose, have an logic behind using the firecrackers i.e. Fumes produced after lightning crackers kills most of the insects and mosquitoes found after rains.
But now people are using firecrackers in that manner that they are killing the mankind by increased pollution after fireworks.