27/08/2020
Whoever you are, you will no doubt see these canisters littered all over our streets. We wanted to do a post to highlight the dangers of this for our young people and their parents. These are nitrous oxide canisters used for people who inhale the ‘laughing gas’ through ‘balloons’. With the substance being legal to purchase, it’s worrying that this is being seen as a harmless and ‘cool’ thing to do for young people. This couldn’t be further from the truth. Breathing in high volumes of laughing gas can cause health problems such as burns, a dangerously high heart rate, choking, brain swelling, nerve damage, anemia and even death. Please think twice about this.
