No plutonium this time.

Plutonium last time [1966].

Fell on Bolivia, but Moscow and Washington lied about it falling 'safely into the Pacific'.

Yeah, 'bastards' is a pretty fair appellation.

I seem to recall Popular Sci or Mech running articles in the recent past about NASA seriously putting out challenges to develop a space elevator that would give an alternative to the chemical rocket . There has to be other ways than basically lighting a giant tube of explosives to burn slow enough so it's propulsion. Imagine what we could do in space if we had a way to get there that was virtually 100% stable for at least arriving and returning in one piece.

As of 10:04 UTC today (Sept. 21, UARS) orbit was nearly circular and only 195 by 209 kilometers in altitude. UARS, plunged through the atmosphere sometime between 11:23 p.m. EDT (0323 Sept. 24 GMT) on Friday (Sept. 23), and 1:09 a.m. EDT (0509 GMT) Saturday (Sept. 24), NASA officials said.

Wouldn't it be ironic if it fell on Iran?

That is not the chief problem: Suppose we give a thought to all of those toxic fumes dispelled each time a large rocket of any type blasts off. Those rocket fuel chemicals found in water all over the US didn't come from crashing satellites. They came from exhaust plumes.

Several different fuel combinations have been used in heavy lift launch vehicles. The earliest ones were simply liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen, which, when combined, produces a very significant amount of thrust, and whose only combustion byproducts are heat and water vapor. This approach was used for the upper stages of the Saturn V, and is still used for the main engines on some HLLVs, such as the Ariane 5, Delta IV and the Space Shuttle. It is also often used for upper-stage motors, due to its high specific impulse.

The advantages of liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen include the largest thrust to mass ratio (which equates to the highest specific impulse), and the absence of any toxic byproducts.

Other fuel options include those used by solid-fuel rockets, combinations of various liquid fuels such as RP-1 and liquid oxygen as used in the Atlas 5 first stage

The propellant mixture in each SRB motor consists of ammonium perchlorate (oxidizer, 69.6% by weight), aluminium (fuel, 16%), iron oxide (a catalyst, 0.4%), a polymer (such as PBAN or HTPB, serving as a binder that holds the mixture together and acting as secondary fuel, 12.04%), and an epoxy curing agent (1.96%). This propellant is commonly referred to as Ammonium Perchlorate Composite Propellant, or simply APCP.

Falcon 9 is a rocket-powered spaceflight launch system designed and manufactured by SpaceX. Both stages of its two-stage-to-orbit vehicle use liquid oxygen (LOX) and rocket-grade kerosene (RP-1) propellants.

Hypergolic fuels, such as unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine and nitrogen tetroxide are reserved for upper stage rockets well above the atmosphere and beyond.

Even one heavy lift launch a day throughout the world wont equal a day in Los Angeles of toxic auto exhaust put into the atmosphere.

That ought to be enough referencing, all found on Wiki. One is free to research the fuels used in heavy lift rockets today with individual searches. I think you'll find less O H fuel used by foreign space agencies though.

Long March 1's 1st and 2nd stage uses HNO3 and UDMH propellants, and its upper stage use a spin-stabilized solid rocket engine.
Long March 2, Long March 3, Long March 4, the main stages and associated liquid rocket boosters use dinitrogen tetroxide as the oxidizing agent and UDMH as the fuel.

Unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) (1,1-Dimethylhydrazine) is a toxic volatile hygroscopic clear liquid, with a sharp, fishy, ammoniacal smell typical for organic amines. It turns yellowish on exposure to air and absorbs oxygen and carbon dioxide. It mixes completely with water, ethanol, and kerosene.

Nitric acid (HNO3), also known as aqua fortis and spirit of nitre, is a highly corrosive and toxic strong acid.
Colorless when pure, older samples tend to acquire a yellow cast due to the accumulation of oxides of nitrogen. If the solution contains more than 86% nitric acid, it is referred to as fuming nitric acid.

Russian heavy lift always favored rocket grade kerosine, a highly refined petroleum and oxygen mix RP-1/LOX and other exotic fuels also used by the Chinese mentioned above.