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Rhode Island General Assembly Approves Legislation Banning Simultaneous Release of 10 or More Balloons
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The legislation would ban intentional, simultaneous releases of 10 or more balloons into the air.
All released balloons, including those falsely marketed as biodegradable, end up as litter on our waterways and landscapes. Animals, attracted by their vibrant colors and shapes, mistake them for food, causing injury or death to countless sea and land creatures each year. Balloons are also a nuisance to commercial fishermen and can even cause power outages when they tangle with power lines.
According to Save The Bay, the plastic remains of 503 balloons were found along Rhode Island’s shoreline during the September 2019 International Coastal Cleanup.
Representative Donovan, an avid kayaker who represents a coastal district, has witnessed these dangers firsthand. A few years ago, while kayaking on the Sakonnet River off Portsmouth with a friend, she encountered a seagull entangled in the string of a balloon. She captured the gull, which was injured and suffering, and used some nail cl
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