The Consumer Product Safety Commission on Wednesday approved new standards for water beads, a popular toy that poses a risk to small children if ingested. Water beads are small, colorful pellets that ...

Parents should check their playrooms as a popular toy has officially been recalled following one death and thousands of injuries. Water beads have officially been recalled as of March 12 by the ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Ashley Haugen’s daughter experienced bowel obstruction and neurological effects after ingesting water beads.

Water bead-related emergency room visits increased more than 130% over the course of one year, and most cases involved children, a new study found. Water beads are absorbent, often colorful balls made ...

The CPSC now requires stricter safety standards for water beads, including limits on expansion and toxicity levels Parents are urged to check for water bead toys, including stress balls, as ...

Of the total patient data analyzed in the study, each child under 5 that had been admitted to the ER because of water beads did so because they ingested the products. Water bead-related emergency room ...

The toy is regularly used in sensory bins and experiment kits as well as stress balls Water beads, which expand in liquid, have caused thousands of injuries and at least one child death The CPSC now ...