The beads themselves may be toxic. A mechanical engineer at the CPSC has tested a number of brands of water beads for acrylamide, according to a letter he sent this week to a toy safety standards ...

"Just because something says that it's non-toxic does not mean that it is safe and that it does not mean that this product cannot potentially poison a child," said Ashley Haugen, That Water Bead Lady.

Water beads are small gel-filled balls used as sensory toys ... and most claimed they were non-toxic. In 2017, she finally agreed to purchase them for Abigail with some strict rules, including ...

Tactile Water Beads The National Capital Poison Center says they are not safe for kids, even though they are non-toxic ... and then shoot people with gel blasters.

Water beads, the popular children’s toy ... And Consumer Reports warns everyone to be very skeptical of labels that say non-toxic. It’s a term that’s under-regulated and under-enforced.

The company says that the popular water bead brand Orbeez will now be prohibited and that water beads sold as ammunition for “gel blaster ... validity of the “non-toxic” label so frequently ...

The small gel balls are often used in sensory kits ... While the polymers in water beads are non-toxic, if a bead is swallowed, it can absorb fluid and expand in the intestinal tract, causing ...

Right now, water beads are all the rage -- marketed as safe and non-toxic sensory toys. Just soak them in water and watch them grow into slippery, squishy balls of fun. They start out tiny ...

Marketed as safe and non-toxic sensory toys, water beads are all the rage. Just soak them in water and watch them grow into slippery, squishy balls of fun. As Ashley Haugen found out, fun can ...

Silica gel is a drying agent that often comes in the form of small, clear beads or clear rock crystals ... Silica gel is usually non-toxic, but it is a choking hazard, especially for small children.