The records have long been sealed due to state limitations on exposing grand jury evidence. Lawmakers passed narrowly tailored legislation in February to circumvent those restrictions.
According to the nonprofit Ocean Conservancy, nearly 300,000 balloons were found along U.S. beaches between 2008 to 2016. That’s more than 31,000 balloons per year.
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