Water beads are colorful and squishy, so they’re often sold as children’s toys or sensory tools. But they can easily scatter across a home and become hidden in carpets or other areas.

Target has removed a toy by Chuckle & Roar that includes water beads. The small gel balls are often used in sensory kits, which are popular for children with autism. Mom Folichia Mitchell told ...

Click here to sign up for recall newsletters Water beads have been marketed as sensory toys for babies and as ammo for “gel blasters.” round hydrogel balls multicolored. Tactile Water Beads ...

In July 2023, 10-month-old Esther, from Wisconsin, died after swallowing a single water bead from a Chuckle & Roar Ultimate Water Beads Activity Kit purchased for an older sibling. Eight months ...

These controversial water bead toys can expand up to 100 times their ... used in daycares and given to young children for ...

Along with marketing to children generally as toys, water bead sales are also targeted to children with autism and sensory ...

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 ...

Water beads can be sold on their own under the various names listed above, but they are sometimes found within other products. They can appear in "squishy" or "squeezy" toys to provide texture and ...

sensory beads, or water crystals, are marketed as crafting tools and homeware items - but also toys. They are typically only a few millimetres but some can expand to several times their original ...

Water beads, often used as sensory toys for children or as home decor, have been linked to child deaths overseas and to “serious harm” to children in the UK, the The Royal College of Emergency ...

including for use as toys, in crafting, as home decoration or in floristry. They go by a variety of names including: jelly balls, water balls, sensory beads or water crystals. Water beads are so ...