Glastonbury bans laughing gas from Stone Circle sacred space
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Glastonbury organisers have asked people not to bring laughing gas to the Stone Circle this year.
Described as the festival's "sacred space", the Stone Circle and surrounding King's Meadow has "lost its way" recently, festival bosses say.
"I'm writing to ask for your help in reclaiming the King's Meadow," says Liz Eliot, co-ordinator of the Green Fields, in a note on the website, external.
"It breaks our hearts to see our Sacred Space used this way.
"It's become known as a place where people take nitrous oxide, a damaging drug which pollutes our beautiful field with noise, litter and N2O gas (a greenhouse gas which is 298 times more polluting than carbon dioxide)."
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She also warns that there was a major injury on site last year, after a nitrous oxide gas canister exploded.
Nitrous oxide is used in dentistry and to boost the power in vehicle engines, but it can also be inhaled.
Due to the "significant health risks" it is covered by the Intoxicating Substances (Supply) Act 1985, which means it's illegal to sell to someone under the age of 18.
In addition to asking people not to use nitrous oxide at the Stone Circle, organisers have also told festival-goers not to bring it on to the site at all.
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The King's Meadow area is an important "place where people can gather in peace, for fun and spiritual awakenings," writes Ms Eliot.
"For those who don't know, the stone circle represents the major stars of constellation Cygnus.
"Its swan flies towards the Midsummer sunrise, with the sun rising exactly over the stone representing the swan's head.
"Our hope is that if anyone enters the sacred space, consciously or unconsciously, they will be irrevocably changed by their interaction with Spirit."
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