At 10 months old, Esther Jo Bethard died after swallowing a stray water bead — a tiny, absorbent sphere that can grow inside ...
A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate aims to ban the sale of water beads marketed as children’s toys after reports of ...
Chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Children and Families was joined by ...
According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS), in 2022, debris on state roads led to 1,100 crashes and nine ...
Federal lawmakers are calling for a national ban on water beads sold as toys, after severe injuries and deaths linked to ...
Esther’s Law is named after 10-month-old Esther Jo Bethard, who died after swallowing a stray water bead belonging to an ...
A Pennsylvania senator is among those moving to ban selling water beads, the colorful, water-filled toy nationwide.
They’re also indistinguishable from another kind of water-filled sphere. But this one is not at all digestible and, in fact, ...
A bipartisan bill to ban deadly water beads and protect children was introduced Thursday by U.S. Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., chairman of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee ...
Water beads are small balls made of super-absorbent material, and they can expand up to 100 times their original size, making ...
A Pennsylvania child is still recovering from severe symptoms after swallowing a stray water bead. In Maine, a child needed ...
The Consumer Product Safety Commission says from 2016 to 2022, water beads resulted in nearly 8,000 emergency room visits.