Originally Posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
Originally Posted by Ducky:
Since then we always have a releasing the birthday helium balloon ceremony as soon as it shows signs of going down ....... this year we took it down to the sea to release it, and watched till we could see it no more. He is 19. We are a bit sad
Originally Posted by KaffyBaffy:
Handy tip there though.... I'll make sure helium balloons don't go near my telly!
Originally Posted by sprout:
LOL!. My fiftieth one off this year has been punctured and sits in my set of plastic draws for posterity
No no no no no...
surely there is only one way to deal with a helium balloon?
its gotta be mickey mouse voices all round hasn't it?
I would read this Ditty for future parties etc.
Warning
Inhaling Helium can also result in serious lung injuries and/or suffocation. Do not inhale Helium from a balloon or a Helium tank under any circumstances!
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It's not the helium ,as such, that is the danger. It's removing the oxygen from the lungs and the risk of pressure damage to the tissue of the lungs.
Helium is used as an additional gas source in technical diving. Divers using heliox gas mixes can use full face masks with microphones and sound like cartoon characters when talking.
Don't let kids breath the helium from balloons to be on the safe side. There is quite a lot of pressure in some of the commercially supplied balloons and if a child had a lung weakness that wasn't known about, the consequences could be severe
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It is the depletion of oxygen that can cause brain damage.
Helium is too dangerous to play with, as any gas not containing enough of oxygen, besides that they can also be poisonous.
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Comedy television and radio programmes often use helium as a device to get laughs. This portrays helium inhalation as a fun, safe practice when, in effect, it is deadly. Public figures are influential in the minds of the public and they need to realise that they could either die from helium use or be indirectly responsible for the death of another.
BOC Gases is deeply concerned about the misuse of Balloon Gas and is going to great efforts to inform the public that helium inhalation can be fatal. Unfortunately with people continuing to ignore the dangers of this potentially lethal practice, it is a difficult task to educate the public that HELIUM INHALATION IS NO LAUGHING MATTER!