Costly Consequences: How mylar balloons can cause power outages, harm to animals

These eye-catching inflatables can pose threats to infrastructure, impact the environment and cost communities millions.
Sacramento Bee

Celebrate with those festive mylar balloons the wrong way and the lights go out – or worse

Are those helium-filled foil balloons party necessities or celebration killjoys? As thousands in Citrus Heights, Orangevale and Folsom were making last-minute holiday preparations, metallic balloons ...
KERO-TV

Mylar Balloons to be banned in California by 2031

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KERO) — Mylar balloons were outlawed in AB847, a recent legislation that was unanimously passed and then signed into law by California Governor Gavin Newsom. The reason for this ...
The Desert Sun

Keep it down! Don't let that Mylar balloon float away

With graduation ceremonies and other festive occasions coming up, experts are asking the public to tie down and properly dispose of popular, colorful Mylar balloons — or better yet, find an ...