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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Water beads are a popular toy, but time and time again they have endangered young children. Now a Pennsylvania senator is among those moving to ban selling the colorful ...
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 ...
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 ...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A popular toy left a baby girl in Pennsylvania fighting for her life. Now, her parents want everyone to hear their daughter's story, as her scare could soon lead to statewide ...
WASHINGTON (SOA) — 5/10/24 UPDATE: A bipartisan bill was introduced in the Senate to ban the sale of water beads marketed to children as toys. In January, Spotlight on America reported about the ...
BETHLEHEM, Pa. - A mother from Bethlehem is speaking out about the dangers of water beads. Water beads are small balls made of super-absorbent material, and they can expand up to 100 times their ...
The six water companies involved are Thames Water, Severn Trent, Northumbrian Water, United Utilities, Anglian Water and ...
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