Name: How balloon releases affect the environment
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Description: Balloon releases are a common practice for remembering loved ones who have passed away, but they can cause environmental harm and harm wildlife.

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MAKE IT EASY TO GET IN. >> SO AS WE ALWAYS SAY TO THINK THE MEDIA ISN'T COVERING SOMETHING CORRECTLY, IF YOU THINK WE'RE LEAVING SOMETHING OUT OR >> WHICH MISSING A BIG PART OF THE STORY, LET ME KNOW AND WE'LL DISCUSS IT. AND TONIGHT IS A PERFECT EXAMPLE OF THAT. SEE, IT IS PRETTY CLEAR. YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT BALLOON RELEASES. BUT LET ME TEE THIS UP JUST A BIT. WRAL'S MOST RECENT DOCUMENTARY FOCUSED ON THE SAFE STORAGE OF GUNS AND PRODUCER CHRISTIAN SEVERANCE PROFILE. THIS YOUNG GIRL WHO DIED WHEN ANOTHER KID TOOK A GUN FROM HIS GRANDFATHER SAFE AND IT LED TO A TRAGIC ACTION. THIS STORY IS HEARTBREAKING AND IMPACTFUL AND IMPORTANT AND YOU SHOULD WATCH IT. BUT BUT THERE IS ONE SPECIFIC PART. THE GOT A LOT OF ATTENTION FROM SOME PEOPLE. THE BALLOON RELEASE A SYMBOLIC ACT OF LETTING GO. WE SEE THIS SORT OF THING A LOT, ESPECIALLY WHEN PEOPLE DIE TRAGICALLY, ESPECIALLY WHEN THOSE PEOPLE ARE KIDS WITHOUT FAIL. EVERY TIME WE ERA BALLOON RELEASE, I GET A LOT OF E-MAILS. HOLLY SAID BLUE RELEASES ARE AN ENVIRONMENTAL NIGHTMARE AND SAID IT MAKES ME CRINGE TO THINK OF THE HARM IT CAUSES TO THE ENVIRONMENT. AND JENNIFER SAID, I LEARNED ABOUT THE NEGATIVES OF BALLOON RELEASES IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. I'M 47 TIME TO EDUCATE A NEW GENERATION. SO FIRST OF ALL, JENNIFER, LET'S BE CAREFUL. HERE ARE OUR GENERATION ISN'T EXACTLY KNOWN FOR ITS CONSERVATION, FOR INSTANCE, IN 1986 A FEW YEARS AFTER JENNIFER WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, WE WITNESSED BLUE FAST, A PLAN TO PROMOTE THE CITY OF CLEVELAND BY INFLATING MORE THAN A MILLION BLOOMS FILLING IN AT THE SIZE OF A CITY BLOCK AND THEN LETTING THEM FLY. IT WAS A SPECTACULAR SIGHT AND A HORRIBLE IDEA WHEN THE BALLOON STARTED TO FALL, THEY THEY CAUSED CRASHES ON THE ROADS. THEY SHUT DOWN A LOCAL AIRPORT. NOT TO MENTION CLEVELAND'S ON THE COAST OF LAKE ERIE FOR MORE THAN HALF OF THE BALLOONS FELL WHEN THE WIND SHIFTED CAUSING AN ENVIRONMENTAL NIGHTMARE. AND COMPLICATING THE SEARCH FOR 2 MISSING BOATERS WHO DISAPPEARED BEFORE THE LAUNCH. THE 80'S SHOOT FROM THE HIP BLAMED THE NEXT SKY. WHAT TIME? BUT HERE WE ARE 40 YEARS LATER AND WE STILL A LOT OF US A BALLOON RELEASE BIRTHDAY PARTIES. WEDDINGS, GRADUATIONS, GENDER REVEALS HOLIDAYS. YOU NAME IT. WE WILL CELEBRATE BY LITTERING REALLY FAR AWAY AND YOU'D BE SHOCKED TO LEARN HOW FAR BALLOON CAN FLY IN 2013. THIS BOY FROM ENGLAND DID A SCHOOL PROJECT WHERE HE'S CLASSMATES RELEASED THREE-HUNDRED REGULAR LITTLE BALLOONS WITH NOTES ATTACHED HIS WAS FOUND BY A GIRL NAME MILLIE IN HER BACKYARD IN SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA. MORE THAN 10,000 MILES AWAY. DO YOU KNOW HOW FAR THAT IS? THAT'S BECOME BALLOON FLYING FROM HERE TO CALIFORNIA AND THEN BACK AND THEN BACK TO CALIFORNIA. AND THEN BACK HERE AGAIN. AND THEN BACK TO CALIFORNIA AND WELL, THAT'S THAT'S IT. BUT THAT'S FAR. IT'S REALLY FAR. I TALKED ABOUT THIS WITH THE SCIENTISTS FROM STANFORD WHO TRACKS THIS SORT OF THING. NOW WE FIND OUT IN OCEANS WHERE WE'RE STUDYING WHALES OR OTHER MARINE FAUNA. SO IT'S NOT TOTALLY UNCOMMON TO FIND BALLOONS EVEN OUT, YOU KNOW, IN THE OPEN OCEAN >> NOW, AS YOU PROBABLY KNOW, LITTER IN GENERAL IS A HUGE PROBLEM IN THE OCEAN. AND I MEAN, THAT LITERALLY THIS IS VIDEO OF THE GREAT PACIFIC GARBAGE PATCH. THERE'S AN EASTERN PATCH, ANY WESTERN PATCH AND TOGETHER. >> THEY COVER OVER 600,000 SQUARE MILES, WHICH IS MORE THAN 12 TIMES THE SIZE OF NORTH CAROLINA OF FLOATING GARBAGE. BUT IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT EVEN IN THAT LITERAL SEA OF TRASH BLUES STAND OUT, NOT ALL DEBRIS IS MADE EQUAL. >> AND BALLOONS ARE AMONG THE MOST HARMFUL KNOWN DEBRIS ITEMS THAT WE FIND IN OUR OCEANS AND OUR AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS, THEY'RE MORE LIKELY TO CAUSE HARM INJURY AND DEATHS TO WILDLIFE. THEN MOST OTHER TIME TYPES OF DEBRIS. YOU MAY REMEMBER THIS STORY FROM A FEW MONTHS AGO WHEN A YOUNG WHALE WASHED ASHORE IN NORTH CAROLINA IN EMERALD ISLE. >> SCIENTISTS SAY DIED AFTER INGESTING A PLASTIC BELOW. YOU CAN FIND COUNTLESS STORIES LIKE THIS FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. THERE'S AN ENTIRE FACEBOOK PAGE DEDICATED TO FINDING BALLOONS AND THE ANIMALS THEY KILL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DESERT. SO WHY ISN'T IT ILLEGAL? WELL, WE HAVE NO SPECIFIC LAWS AGAINST BLUE RELEASES HERE IN NORTH CAROLINA. OTHER STATES DO EARLIER THIS MONTH. INTENTIONAL BALLOON RELEASES WERE BANNED BY THE FLORIDA LEGISLATURE. SO WHAT CAN YOU DO INSTEAD OF BLUES? WELL, LOTS OF PEOPLE TURN TO SKY LANTERNS. THIS IS ALL SO BEAUTIFUL TO SEE EVERY YEAR. THERE'S THIS HUGE FESTIVAL, UTAH WHERE THEY RELEASED THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS. THEY'RE SOLD AS BIODEGRADABLE USING PAPER AND BAMBOO. AND WHILE THAT IS TRUE, THEY ARE BIODEGRADABLE. IT'S STILL TAKES DECADES FOR THEM TO BREAK DOWN. ALSO, PERHAPS YOU NOTICED THEY'RE FILLED WITH FIRE IN 2023 WOMEN CELEBRATING NEW YEAR'S IN GERMANY LIT LANTERNS THAT DRIFTED INTO AND STARTED A FIRE THAT KILLED 30 ANIMALS, INCLUDING APES FIRES GET STARTED ALL THE TIME FROM THESE THESE FLOATING FLAMES, WHICH IS WHY A LOT OF STATES HAVE BANNED THEM, INCLUDING NORTH CAROLINA, ACCORDING TO THE STATE FIRE CODE. SO HERE ARE SOME OTHER IDEAS FOR YOU. YOU COULD FLY KITES OR LIGHT LUMINARIES BLOW BUBBLES ARE LIKE CANDLES. BASICALLY ANYTHING YOU CAN CLEAN UP AFTERWARD, WHICH WHICH DOES SEEM PRETTY OBVIOUS. BUT THIS IS ALSO OBVIOUS. WHAT ARE WE STILL DOING? WELL, PERHAPS PEOPLE MAYBE WOULD STOP THINKING ABOUT THE CONSEQUENCES OR SOME PEOPLE JUST DON'T CARE ENOUGH. CAN YOU BLAME THEM REALLY? I MEAN, LET'S LOOK AT THE TOP 10 MOST LITTERED PLASTIC ITEMS IN THE U.S. NOW. YOU WON'T SEE BALLOONS ON THAT LIST. I'M PRETTY SURE SOME OF THE OTHER STUFF LOOK FAMILIAR TO YOU. PLASTIC FILM PLASTIC CONTAINERS, PLASTIC BAGS, WHICH, BY THE WAY, IF YOU'RE SAYING YEAH, GOD AND THAT'S WHY RECYCLE THOSE ITEMS. I'VE GOT SOME NEWS FOR YOU. MOST OF THE TIME YOU CAN SEE. HERE'S WAKE COUNTY'S WEBSITE. NO PLASTIC FOOD CONTAINERS, NO PLASTIC CUPS, NO PLASTIC BAGS ON RALEIGH'S WEBSITE. IT SAYS REMINDER, NO PLASTIC BAGS, THEY GET STUCK IN OR SORTING MACHINES. AND YES, YOU CAN TAKE YOUR PLASTIC GROCERY BAGS BACK TO MOST STORES AND THEY WILL RECYCLE THEM. BUT GENERALLY, PEOPLE DON'T DO THAT. ACCORDING TO GREENPEACE IN 2021, OUT OF THE NEARLY 5 BILLION POUNDS OF PLASTIC WASTE IN THE U.S. LESS THAN 5% WAS ACTUALLY RECYCLED INTO SOMETHING NEW. YOU REMEMBER THAT 12 NORTH CAROLINA'S WORTH OF GARBAGE FLOATING AROUND IN THE OCEAN. YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE BLUES IN THERE. WATER BOTTLES, JUST SOMETHING SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. NEXT TIME YOU COMMENT ON A BALLOON RELEASE YOUR RIGHT? THEY'RE BAD. BUT IF YOUR ACTIVISM STOCKS WITH KEYSTROKES, ARE YOU HELPING? WE'RE JUST PRETENDING TO. OH, BOY, THAT WAS A DOOZY. LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU THINK. GIVE ME A THATCHED. AND AT WRAL

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