FW: 3,000 black balloons to represent carbon dioxide in Metro Hall Square - Are they environmentally safe?

Subject: 3,000 black balloons to represent carbon dioxide in Metro Hall Square - Are they environmentally safe?

Tara Wood:

I noticed from the media advisory you sent out that WWF-Canada is planing to release 3,000 black balloons.

Are they balloons made of petroleum products?

How will you control the balloons so that none enter the environment? Are these balloons made of bio-degradable material?

How can you assure that these balloons will not find their way into the environment and thus into the dietary plans of animals unaware that this material is unhealthy for them?

Yes I totally agree that 'global warming is an urgent issue,' but using one environmentally bad medium to protest another is not right.

Thank you

Norman Greenfield

Edmonton/Calgary, Alberta, Canada