Does releasing balloons into the air pollue the enviroment?

Question

I meant POLLUTE*

Answer 1

Absolutely. In fact, the BBC did a news report on this yesterday. (Is this where you got the idea for this question?)

Here is the article, along with a video:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7447381.st...

Answer 2

It is basically littering. What goes up must come down and wherever it comes down, you likely will not be there to pick it up.

Answer 3

yes because think about it you fill it with helium it pops goes into the ocean or the land and wild animals don't know what it is and they eat it and dies

Answer 4

yes

Answer 5

Yes,  but it's mostly an aesthetic thing.   As a sailor, I see balloons in the sea all the time -   downwind of a public beach,  you always see a few floating in the water, sometimes 20 miles from land.     Sea creatures (land too), can ingest these items and choke on them.... the strings are worse than the balloons I think.    Latex balloons seem to degrade very quickly in sunlight and are gone in a week or so.  The new mylar balloons last for a very long time and are nastier.   Releasing balloons  is a bad way to celebrate anything.   Better to fly a kite,  bring it home and use it another time.

Answer 6

YEA cause the gases in them exit and then the gases go into the atmosphere and then the balloon falls in the ocean and ends up in a whales blow hole because it thinks it food and and the whales dies

SAVE THE WHALES

Answer 7

to be honest i dont think the latex ones do too much harm - after latex is a natural product and does bio-degrade at about the same rate as leaves.

the problem is if people release with ribbon and plastic ties then those dont degrade.