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This is a type of micro totalitarianism by the Left to increasingly control our lives. It’s war on our freedoms!
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The sale, distribution and release of any type of balloon, including, but not limited to, plastic, latex or mylar, filled with any type of lighter than air gas, both for public or private use, is hereby prohibited,” the bill sponsored by Rep. Sarah Peake, D-Provincetown, states. Violators would be fined up to $100.
Many places are banning the release of balloons this is the first I have seen a ban on sale. It makes a lot of sense, they end up everywhere and do considerable damage to marine life. We don't need more plastics floating around our oceans because of their entertainment value.
Many places are banning the release of balloons this is the first I have seen a ban on sale. It makes a lot of sense, they end up everywhere and do considerable damage to marine life. We don't need more plastics floating around our oceans because of their entertainment value.
Another reason I'd never live in the northeast and certainly not New England. Yuck. At some point they are going to run out of things to ban, outlaw, and confiscate.
Maybe a ban on fun and joy will be next? Outlaw laughter?
Balloons can travel hundreds, sometimes thousands, of miles before landing. In 1998, a balloon released at the Olympics in Nagano, Japan, landed in Los Angeles just 49 hours later, a distance of approximately 5,300 miles.
Sea turtles are at special risk from balloon garbage. This juvenile Kemp's ridley sea turtle had injested a balloon with an attached ribbon. Photo: Blair Witherington, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission
In the oceans, balloons are pollution, another source of marine debris. Marine mammals, fish, turtles and seabirds often eat the floating deflated balloons and end up choking or starving as their bellies fill up with the plastic and Mylar. Some animals get tangled in the ribbons tied to the balloons, cutting into their skin, causing infections and, in some cases, slow death.
Sea turtles are at special risk because the balloons’ form, shiny Mylar material, and vibrant colors of rubber and latex resemble their favorite food – jellyfish – when floating in the water. Balloons may clog a turtle’s digestive system, leaving the animal to starve to death.
Jeff Seminoff, marine ecologist and leader of the Marine Turtle Ecology and Assessment Program at the Southwest Fisheries Science Center, has spent much of his life on the ocean researching sea turtles and doesn’t mince words about his feelings towards balloons.
“I hate them,” he said. “I’ve spent quite a lot of time offshore of central and southern California doing research on sea turtles and Mylar balloons are ubiquitous. They are the one piece of trash you see more than anything else.”
Sea turtles are at special risk from balloon garbage.
Propaganda “BS”
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