The after-party balloon effect

Several studies have focused on the impacts of balloon as marine debris. According to research of University of Tasmania, balloons are the number one mortality risk due to marine debris for seabirds: Ingestion of a balloon or balloon fragment is 32 times more likely to kill than the ingestion of hard plastic (Roman et al. 2019). Apart from seabirds, balloons also pose a high risk for marine mammals and turtles (Wilcox et al. 2016).

Source: envirobites.org