For example, if you have an 8-year-old who's playing with water beads, but you also have a 2-year-old who may come in contact with them, it's important to be mindful of where the beads are at all ...

More than 50,000 water beads activity kits manufactured by a New York-based games company and sold exclusively at Target have been recalled after it was reported that a 10-month-old child died ...

Water beads may look harmless and fun, but the authors of a new report — including a mom whose daughter was seriously injured by them — are calling for a ban on their sale.

Water beads are tiny balls made out of extremely absorbent polymer material. When exposed to liquid, however, they can expand to 100 times their initial size and weight, according to the Consumer ...

While the polymers in water beads are non-toxic, if a bead is swallowed, it can absorb fluid and expand in the intestinal tract, causing serious intestinal blockage. Poison Control recommends ...

Water beads are small balls of polymer that can expand up to 100 to 1,500 times in size when they come in contact with water, according to the National Capital Poison Center. From 2021 to 2022, an ...

Water beads are sold by various companies under different names. PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Parents are sounding the alarm about water beads, a popular product that they say can be harmful to children.

Water beads will no longer be sold at 3 major retailers An estimated 7,800 water bead-related injuries were treated in hospital emergency rooms between 2016 and 2022, according to safety regulators.

The recall: This recall covers about 52,000 Chuckle & Roar Ultimate Water Beads Activity Kits. The kit affected comes in a purple box and can be identified by its UPC number on the back ...

Orbeez Water Beads Don't Come With Adequate Warnings, Parents Allege A class-action lawsuit alleges the toys are putting 'hundreds of thousands of children in danger' ...

They’re colorful, small and fun to squish. But water beads pose major health risks to children, and the Consumer Product Safety Commission has made it a priority in the new year to regulate its ...