I heard that balloons are harmful to the environment, particularly when animals find them and choke on them...

Question

Can't the balloons be made from biodegradable
material (sugar, for instance), that would NOT be
harmful? You see the occasional one that breaks free and flies away...animals find that-so
do fish.


I'm talking about helium-filled ones especially.
You have no control on where they go.

Answer 1

the impact of balloons on wild animals is minimal...it has been very much exaggerated by the media at large.

look at it this way, it is helping evolution (if you have faith in that theory that is) by getting rid of the animals stupid enough to try and eat latex and making it so that the animals that are smarter have more opportunity to breed.

other materials (ie: sugar, lol) degrade much too quickly and are suceptible to degredation before ever coming into contact w/helium.

the latex balloons that are the most commonly used, are relatively non-impactive on the environment (once released, i have no idea about manufacturing)

see here for more info:
http://www.balloonhq.com/faq/deco_releases.html#environmental
http://www.balloonrelease.com/faqs.htm
http://www.partyplus.com.au/balloonbible.htm

Answer 2

Well of course they are going to cause some problems, but very minimal. They are also mostly made of latex, a material also used in gum. Sugar balloons would be difficult to make, and would not be able to expand with the gas filling it.

Answer 3

The latex balloons that are most commonly used, has relatively very less impact on the environment.

Answer 4

i do not recognize, the in simple terms proper one I were given regarded so very comparable to a turd, human beings saved asking me why I had an inflatable turd. in case you are able to draw some eyes on it with a sharpie per chance that ought to rock, sure!

Answer 5

the animals wont choke on them but there are alot of stupid people that cant even eat pretzels without choking