It is estimated that 60% of the ~1.5 Million balloons ended up in Lake Eerie. But that leaves 40% scattered across the land.

What's the likelihood of finding one of them laying around now 39 years later?

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  • Zero. Latex outdoors breaks down very quickly, a year or so. And even indoors it can break down in a few years. Unless someone saved one and somehow preserved the latex.

    But... I've been hanging my condoms on the clothesline outside for years! 😟

  • You won't find any balloons because all of them have become micro plastics in the air, water, ground, and inside every living thing on the earth.

    The real ballons were inside of us the whole time