Even one child’s accidental death from choking on a latex balloon is unacceptable. The balloon industry emphatically agrees and every retailer, distributor and manufacturer is committed to helping create widespread public awareness among consumers in an effort t eliminate these needless events. The balloon industry has worked hard to increase awareness and educate consumers in how properly to use – and most importantly, dispose of – latex balloons.

This nationwide consumer awareness and education campaign began in 1992 when American balloon manufacturers took the lead and began placing prominent choking hazard warning labels on all balloon packaging. Designed to catch the attention of parents, this bold, conspicuously placed label clearly explains to all consumers that young toddlers – who will put anything in their mouths – could choke or suffocate on an uninflated balloon or balloon fragments. The warning pointedly encourages adults to supervise closely children under six when they are playing with balloons and to remove immediately uninflated balloons from the area and dispose of balloon pieces.

Source: The Balloon Council