Helium Crisis!!!

Did you know that we are in a world wide shortage of helium? This shortage impacts many businesses including health care. Being in the florist industry it impacts balloons mostly, 5 years ago you could get a full tank of helium for 100$ now its around 300$-500$ per tank raising the cost of balloons. as a result many flower sops around the world have stopped carrying balloons. But it may soon come to the point that balloons will be banned in general due to the shortage. As of right now medical facilities have first priority because helium is used in test and machines like MRI machines. so if you see balloons disappearing from stores its not that we do not want to have them it is because we can no longer fill them.

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