A coroner wants better warnings on helium canisters, which are commonly bought to blow up balloons for parties, after a mum died from inhaling the gas. Photo / 123rf A coroner has called for ...

A coroner has called for better warnings on helium canisters after a young mum died from inhaling the gas at her daughter’s first birthday party. The 20-year-old Bay of Plenty woman died in ...

“These threats are heightened when inhaling pressurised helium from a cylinder/canister given the amount that can enter the body due to the pressurised gas.” Photos of the canister in ...

There are calls for warnings on helium canisters to be improved after a young mom died instantly after inhaling the commonly used gas at her child’s birthday. New Zealand woman, Faith Waterman ...

“These threats are heightened when inhaling pressurised helium from a cylinder or canister given the amount that can enter the body due to the pressurised gas,” Coroner Dunn said. Photos of ...

A guest suggested inhaling directly from the helium canister. Faith was initially reluctant to join in but after some persuasion, began inhaling the colourless, odourless gas from the canister.

Faith died in a matter of seconds after inhaling helium while setting up for the party with her family in 2022. Professor Timothy Schmidt recently told Yahoo News Australia that any gas mixture ...

Preventing gas cylinder ... from the cylinder or its valve could lead to explosions. “If the cylinder is leaky, you change it, and if the valve is leaky, you change it before you refill ...