After mounting pressure from safety groups, major retailers including Amazon, Walmart, and Target just announced that they will stop selling the popular children’s toy called water beads. And the move ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - After mounting pressure from safety groups, major retailers including Amazon, Walmart and Target just announced that they will stop selling the popular children’s toy called ...

SEATTLE — They don't look dangerous, but water beads can cause serious injuries or death if children swallow them. These colorful balls, which resemble candy, are sold in sizes as small as ice cream ...

At first glance, you might mistake water beads for candy. The popular toys, commonly marketed as Orbeez, are round, tiny, and colorful. And like candy, kids can’t help but want to try to eat them. But ...

SAN ANTONIO – Last week’s recall of a water bead kit sold at Target may only make a small dent in a larger issue: the hidden danger of water bead toys. Consumer groups are sounding the alarm, and one ...

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Buffalo Games LLC announced a recall of Chuckle & Roar Ultimate Water Beads Activity Kits which were sold exclusively at Target from March 2022 ...

NORTH PRAIRIE, Wis. -- Esther Bethard was a beautiful girl with big blue eyes and curly red hair. She would have celebrated her first birthday in August, but she died in July after ingesting a water ...

After mounting pressure from safety groups, major retailers including Amazon, Walmart and Target announced they will stop selling the popular children’s toy called water beads. The move couldn’t come ...

More than 50,000 Buffalo Games water beads activity kits sold exclusively at Target have been recalled after a 10-month-old baby died from swallowing the beads and another baby was seriously injured.

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. When Ashley Haugen's ...