Kids may know that balloons are bad for wildlife. This is because, when it’s filled with helium, a balloon can travel many miles into the sky before it loses the ability to float. When it falls ...

Not just balloons: Helium shortage may deflate MRIs, airbags and research. Edward C. Baig Charisse Jones. ... "The helium in such machines must only occasionally be topped off,” she says.

Releasing helium-filled balloons in celebration, remembrance or promotion has become trendy over the past four decades. It’s ...

Likewise, while current MRI machines do use up to 1000 liters of helium in their cryostats, “they do not let it evaporate as they did a decade ago; they recycle it.

SPRINGFIELD — Deflating news: Springfield’s Parade of the Big Balloons is canceled again for 2023 as the world faces a continuing helium shortage. “We are investigating future options with a ...

Did Georgia ban helium balloon releases? Not quite. Here’s what the new law actually says and why social media is confused.

Current law allows the release of up to 10 helium-filled balloons in a 24-hour period. But critics say that the law is not widely known and not enforced.