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"Virus Hoax:
Urband Legend Example"
Virus Hoax Warnings: Page 54
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Helium Causes Death Warning
February 2004
Helium causes death??? Come on; get real. Helium is an inert gas (if you
don't know what inert means, look it up). It is not a poison and it
cannot hurt you by breathing it. Divers use a mixture of helium and
oxygen when they go deep because pressurized nitrogen is poisoness. The
only way that helium could hurt you is if you were breathing pure helium
(no oxygen). You would pass out and eventually die from a lack of oxygen
not from any property of helium. This is true of any gas that you might
breath that does not contain oxygen.
If you are sucking on a helium filled balloon and start to get light
headed, just pull the balloon out of your mouth and take a breath of
normal air. If you don't stop sucking on the balloon when you get light
headed, you will probably drop it when you pass out and the problem will
fix itself.
Just received this msg...
Have you ever put helium from a birthday balloon in your mouth and
giggled when you spoke in a high-pitched voice as you let it out?
Apparently we are lucky to be alive! If you breathe ANY helium into your
lungs, DEATH IS INSTANTANEOUS! A Medford teen recently died this way,
and according to the community service agency personnel who warned us of
the danger, it's a new kind of thrill/dare game among kids. So please
alert your loved ones and stay away from helium!
nancy
Copyright 2004 by Jay Jennings
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