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Q: I read that there is a limited supply of helium, which is important for MRI machines and other industrial uses. So why do we waste it filling party balloons? Although helium is the second most ...

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (Feb. 11, 2014) — If you’ve been in the market for celebration or party balloons, you may have run into the helium shortage. Helium is being used in a wide range of industries that ...

SCRANTON, Pa. — When Newswatch 16 was hanging out with the Scranton Santa Parade committee earlier this week, organizers told us there would be no helium balloons this year because of a shortage of ...

A global helium shortage could burst the bubble for all the businesses that rely on the gas to lift weather balloons, large blimps, and, yes, the balloons at your kid’s birthday bash that make your ...

Scientists are starting to speak publicly about a lurking menace. This danger hovers in the background, silently stealing valuable resources from medical machinery. The dastardly culprit? Helium ...

A global helium shortage is impacting everything from party balloons to scientific research. “It’s very tough for us right now,” said Ethan Truong, owner of HD Balloons in South Sacramento. “If it ...

You've probably been to parties decorated by floating helium balloons, but could they soon be a thing of the past? Some people have been posing the question, as there is a shortage of helium. While ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- What's a special birthday party without balloons? That's what Juanita Chapman, of Wilkins Township, thought as she planned her husband's special celebration. "It's his 50th, and I ...

PLEASE let’s not support the idea of a helium balloon at Oxpens because many people do not realise that helium is a non-renewable resource. It is made on earth via nuclear decay of uranium, and it is ...