"Last Saturday driving by the farm I saw some ... and feed it to their animals. So when it's in a bale, it's compacted and you don't actually see it," Smit said. "A mylar balloon, if it's ripped ...

foil Mylar balloons never break down, only becoming smaller pieces of plastic. The standard latex balloon is biodegradable but takes several months to break down. Sadly, animals often eat or get ...

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service says that when balloons are released, they can pose a threat to animals. According to ... and the boil water advisory was a mylar balloon. A mylar balloon is ...

"There are real environmental dangers with the balloons," Katz said, citing warnings by animal rights advocates ... filled latex balloons or three Mylar balloons at a time. Violators first would ...

NEW ORLEANS — Mylar balloons ... they're released, these balloons can travel up to 1,000 miles. He says they do more damage than people realize. "They affect animals, if they fall into the ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Metallic balloons are a big business in California, some 22,000 retailers sell them, bringing in more than $250 million in sales. "People come in here and they want the foil ...

The provider warns that foil balloons can conduct ... many pointing to the harms to wildlife. “NO balloons should ever be released into the air!! Save our animals & oceans!!!” ...

“Those latex balloons could take four years to decompose, but that’s still a long time for an animal to eat them. The Mylar balloons or those metallic balloons and their basically plastic ...