The authors are also calling for warning labels about the risks of ingestion on all products containing water beads. "Water beads are made of poly acrylamide and acrylamide is a known neurotoxin.

If it is suspected that a water bead has been swallowed, medical help should be sought immediately and if you can, bring a sample of the product that may have been swallowed with you to the hospital.

They have warned that water beads have been linked to child deaths overseas and have caused serious harm to children in the UK, including bowel obstructions, leaving them needing surgery. The safety ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

SAN ANTONIO – A San Antonio mother has warned about toxins in water bead toys for years. Now, government tests are backing her up. The Consumer Product Safety Commission says its tests found ...

Urgent safety warnings are being sent out by the Consumer Product Safety Commission about the sensory toys called water beads. Water beads are small water-absorbing balls marketed as crafts and ...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is asking parents to recognize the hazards that water beads present for babies and toddlers – and wants more companies to recall the potentially ...