Does helium harm the enviroment?

Question

Does helium harm the enviroment?

Answer 1

No, helium is a trace gas in the atmosphere and it's non-toxic and doesn't bother anybody.

Answer 2

Yes, assuming you're thinking of helium balloons and the like. Yes it does.

Answer 3

Helium is considered inert ,and it goes so high that it cannot affect anything.

Answer 4

No, helium is an inert gas - meaning it doesn't do anything.  If there was a massive increase in the amount of helium in the environment it wouldn't be the helium that would cause problems but the dilution in the amounts of other gases such as oxygen.

Answer 5

No

Answer 6

No. Not at all. Helium is used to in time capsules of the Helium Monument in Amarillo, Texas, former Helium Capital of the world. The helium perserves the contents of the capsules better than any other substance.

Answer 7

Okay...I'm a 28-year career environmental scientist and I want you to recite this Mantra with me...ready?

"The solution to pollution is dilution"

"The solution to pollution is dilution"

"The solution to pollution is dilution"

"The solution to pollution is dilution"

"The solution to pollution is dilution"

Okay now the only thing that can harm the environment comes from somewhere else, like the moon, or Venus, or Alpha Centauri....everything else came right here from the earth and is naturally occurring.  The only thing that makes a substance a pollutant is its local concntration.  

So now lets go back to the MANTRA again....ready?

"The solution to pollution is dilution"

"The solution to pollution is dilution"

"The solution to pollution is dilution"

"The solution to pollution is dilution"

"The solution to pollution is dilution"

Answer 8

No it doesn't but in high enough concentrations it makes us talk funny.