At 10 months old, Esther Jo Bethard died after swallowing a stray water bead — a tiny, absorbent sphere that can grow inside the body and cause life-threatening injuries. Water beads are ...

Lawmakers have introduced a bill to ban water beads in an effort to keep children safe. The legislation — called Esther’s Law — is named after 10-month-old Esther Jo Bethard, who died after swallowing ...

Update: On May 9, 2024, Sens. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., Bob Casey, D-Pa., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, introduced a bill in the Senate that would also ban water beads. They named it Esther’s Law ...

New bill would ban sale of water beads to children under 14 Some lawmakers are pushing to protect kids from the dangers of water beads. (azfamily) The proposed law is named in memory of a baby who ...

A bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate aims to ban the sale of water beads marketed as children’s toys after reports of the product’s hazards raise alarms. The bill is named “Esther’s ...

An Arizona family is petitioning to install rails and signage at a popular hiking site in Utah after their son, Finnley Udall, 12, fell into the river and died. Body-cam shows an Apache County ...

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PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Lawmakers are making a new push to protect children from water beads. Esther’s Law, recently introduced in the Senate, would ban the sale of water beads in products meant ...