Reports of children becoming unconscious after swallowing Aqua Dots beads led to a voluntary recall of the product in November 2007. At the time, it was widely reported that the potentially toxic ...
HONG KONG, Thursday, Nov. 8 — The story started with a 2-year-old boy who was taken to a suburban Sydney hospital on Oct. 5 in a shallow coma and suffering from seizurelike spasms. It ended with the ...
Aqua Dots would seem inadvisable for little kids even if the toy didn’t release a date-rape drug when ingested. The thing’s basic component is small beads. Using a smart-looking applicator, kids ...
TRENTON, N.J. — The popular but dangerous toy Aqua Dots was recalled, but the fliers advertising it apparently were not. A Toys “R” Us flier distributed in some Sunday newspapers, including the Sunday ...
Spin Master Ltd., the distributors of the now-recalled toy Aqua Dots must pay one family for damages incurred after the toy beads poisoned their son when he ingested them. (Screenshot from YouTube) ...
(InvestigateTV) — ‘Trouble in Toyland 2023,’ a report from the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), said that about 150,000 children under 14 are injured by toys each year. The report ...
Hong Kong: The story started with a two-year-old boy who was taken to a Sydney hospital on 5 October in a shallow coma and suffering from seizure-like spasms. It ended with the latest recall of a ...
WASHINGTON – The federal government slapped a hefty $1.3 million fine on a toy company that sold popular arts-and-crafts beads that were linked to a dangerous drug and sickened about a dozen children.
Popular Chinese-made arts-and-crafts sets were pulled from the shelves Wednesday following reports that the hundreds of beads included with each kit release a potentially lethal drug. Two children in ...
It was any parent's nightmare. A toddler, a presumably safe toy, an unimagined visit to the emergency room. For Gilbert, Ariz. residents Beth and Mark Monje, life got unbearably worse when their ...