Does inhaling helium cause cancer

Answer 1

I don't know about causing cancer.

However helium is an inert gas which means unless it's in an specific situation, it's harmless. Highly doubted that it will cause cancer.

And no, it won't cause death either. :)

Answer 2

It can kill. On 3rd June 2 students died in a giant helium balloon. Breathing in pure helium washes out oxygen , in other words, each breath of helium you take sucks more oxygen out of your system. You don't have to worry too much about fatal asphixiation if your sucking it from a balloon, at worst you will get light headed and then pass out, at which point you will stop breathing helium and your body's oxygen levels will return to normal. But then again, you may pass out, fall over, hit your head and kill yourself.

A:Yes. Inhaling small amounts of Helium will not damage your lungs in any way; there is Helium in the very air that you breathe. Inhaling larger amounts of Helium will temporarily deprive your lungs of Oxygen, causing lightheadedness and possibly fainting. Prolonged exposure to Helium without adequate Oxygen will cause asphyxiation and death.

Chemically, helium is an inert gas and cannot kill you if inhale a small amount (from a party balloon, for instance). However, inhaling it in large amounts can potentially be fatal as it replaces the oxygen in your body. As with anything, exercise caution and don't go overboard.

A:A little from a balloon is probably safe enough, but taking a full deep breathe of helium can kill you.

Your lungs have an important job to do, they keep bringing large quantities of oxygen close to large quantities of your blood, so that the oxygen can dissolve in the blood and keep you alive. If you fill your lungs with helium and keep it there for too long, the lungs can't do their job, because no oxygen can get in. That's when you discover how important the job was, all the time when you didn't even know it was going on, and that's the thought that flashes through your mind as you lose consciousness and fall down, due to suffocation.

it is completely safe for you to breath in

Answer 3

no

Alternate:

Yes, it can be dangerous. When you do it you may not realize right away that you are depriving your brain of oxygen. It is not necessarily dangerous for a brief moment, but it is potentially dangerous.