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.

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 ...

Esther’s Law, recently introduced in the Senate, would ban the sale of water beads in products meant for kids. “Unfortunately, water beads send thousands of children to the emergency room ...

ORLANDO -- A significant number of kids experienced bowel obstruction after swallowing superabsorbent polymer beads (SAP), commonly referred to as water beads, according to a systematic review.

Rep. Frank Pallone, D., New Jersey, in November introduced legislation to ban water beads marketed to kids, saying at a news conference that "Walmart, Amazon and Target all sell these things in ...