My boy, 2, had to have part of his bowel removed after swallowing NINETEEN toy magnets that ‘twisted his insides’
A TODDLER is lucky to be alive after swallowing 19 magnetic metal beads from a children’s toy. Two-year-old Rheon Flowers had ...
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After daughter's ordeal, mom publishes warning about potential dangers of water beads
When Ashley Haugen and her husband Jonathan took their daughter to a dermatologist to get a skin tag removed, he pointed to a ...
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Orbeez Water Beads Don't Come With Adequate Warnings, Parents Allege
Rep. Frank Pallone, D-N.J., recently authored a House bill called the Ban Water Beads Act, which would consider them hazardous products and block them from being sold in the U.S. as toys ...
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New Orleans' Mardi Gras recycling efforts are better than ever. But where do the beads go?
New Orleans' efforts to reduce Mardi Gras waste and reuse beads and throws have been ongoing for decades and involve a ...
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‘Non-Toxic’ Labels on Water Beads Are Meaningless
New government research and CR's tests show dangerous chemicals in the popular children's toys By Lauren Kirchner When the Consumer Product Safety Commission warned parents and caregivers about ...
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More Mardi Gras krewes ditch plastic beads for sustainable throws
Cheap plastic beads often end up in landfills and can clog up the city’s 100-year-old drainage system. That’s led to more ...
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Parents Call for Water Bead Ban After Child’s Brain Injury
colorful and marketed as safe sensory toys but water beads have sent thousands of kids to the emergency room -- and now, experts and parents want their sale to be banned. Water beads can expand up ...