Water Beads Pose Health Risks to Children, Spur Calls for National Ban
• Water beads pose major health risks to children if ingested; can expand up to 100x in size inside body • CPSC Commissioner Rich Trumka Jr. made regulating water beads a top priority after speaking to parent of child poisoned by beads • Trumka called out Hobby Lobby and Wish for lack of commitment to discontinue water bead toys • Many major retailers like Amazon, Target, Walmart have voluntarily recalled water beads marketed to kids • Proposed legislation aims to instate a national ban on marketing water beads to children