Medical balloons made from latex extracted from a desert plant are safe for people with Type I latex allergy. Conventional latex is used for a plethora of medical products ranging from disposable ...

The knots we spent hours painstakingly tying by hand more than four months ago were still attached, and sparkly blue balloons still glinted in the sun. These balloons originally came from packages ...

Deep in the heart of Desert National Wildlife Refuge, 20 miles from the nearest home as the balloon flies, the shiny remains of someone’s birthday celebration flutters from the spines of a Joshua tree ...

Jerry Tupacz saw the ribbon first, dangling from the mouth of a petrel frantically flapping on the beach at Cape Island, one of the remotest islands in the remote Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge.

Dollar Tree beats Target on affordability and quality on whitening strips, hand soap and more. Savvy shoppers should buy ...

Environmentalists in Bengaluru caution against use of non-biodegradable balloons in bulk quantities and irresponsible methods of segregating them Celebrations like Independence Day call for the usage ...

A woman who is allergic to latex cannot even share a room with a balloon because she could have a deadly reaction. Liz Knight has spent most of her life avoiding latex because of its potentially fatal ...

Balloons are a common sight at children's birthdays, weddings, restaurants and shops. But Liz Knight has spent most of her life avoiding them because coming into contact with one could kill her. As a ...

It’s amazing what an over-size party balloon can do -- especially one tricked out by Stanford science students. Last week, one flew across North America, potentially breaking a record for the longest ...