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 ...

A bipartisan group of Senators introduced a new bill this week to prohibit the sale of water beads for use by children. The bill is named “Esther’s Law” after a child whose story exemplifies their ...

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.

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 ...

Researchers from the Center for Injury Research and Policy and Central Ohio Poison Center at Nationwide Children's Hospital have found more than an estimated 8,000 visits to U.S. emergency departments ...