A water bead kit sold exclusively at Target was recalled on Thursday, Sept. 14, after the death of one infant and the serious injury of another. "The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ...

Sold as children's toys and some resembling candy, water beads are colorful, water-absorbing balls. Yet the products can also be hazardous to young children and even potentially deadly if ...

Eight months earlier, 9-month-old Kennedy, from Maine, had to undergo multiple bowel surgeries and nearly died after swallowing a water bead from the same product. These incidents were not ...

The move couldn’t come soon enough as new testing by Consumer Reports and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) revealed potentially dangerous ingredients that could make water beads an ...

The authors are also calling for warning labels about the risks of ingestion on all products containing water beads. "Water ...

The Consumer Product Safety Commission and toy company Buffalo Games announced a recall of roughly 52,000 Chuckle & Roar Ultimate Water Beads Activity Kits due to "ingestion, choking and ...

The mother of a child who died from ingesting a water bead from a children's toy kit is speaking out after the company that manufactured the product issued a recall of the kits last week.

When the Consumer Product Safety Commission warned parents and caregivers about water beads this fall, it cited a panoply of potential risks to children. These tiny, superabsorbent and super ...

Esther Bethard was a beautiful girl with big blue eyes and curly red hair. She would have celebrated her 1-year birthday in August, but she died in July after ingesting a water bead from a child's ...

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On top of that, there are new warnings from the Consumer Product Safety Commission after they found high levels of acrylamide, a known carcinogen, in two brands of water beads. Acrylamide is ...

ASTM International, the organization that helps establish voluntary safety standards for products, including kids' toys, has launched a task force to look into the safety of water bead toys.