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 ...
Esther’s Law is named after 10-month-old Esther Jo Bethard, who died after swallowing a stray water bead belonging to an ...
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 ...
Lawmakers are considering a bipartisan bill that would ban the sale of water beads sold as toys, educational products, ...
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 ...
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 ...
They’re also indistinguishable from another kind of water-filled sphere. But this one is not at all digestible and, in fact, ...