“A product with one of the highest levels of flame retardants were black plastic pirate coin beads that kids wear — they resemble Mardi Gras beads but more for costume wear,” said lead study ...

Store water beads in a secure container and out of reach of young kids. If one is accidentally swallowed, call the National ...

Super absorbent water beads can be inhaled or swallowed and cause serious injury or death. There are safer alternatives for entertaining kids with sensory bins and activities. Skip to Main Content ...

Cheap plastic beads often end up in landfills and can clog up the city’s 100-year-old drainage system. That’s led to more calls to ditch them altogether.

Water beads pose huge safety risk for kids, CPSC says, after 7,000 ER injuries reported Small and colorful, water beads look harmless. But the beads are filled with acrylamide, a known carcinogen ...

MATT BLOOM, BYLINE: Plastic beads are pretty much synonymous with Mardi Gras parades, but at this one held this past weekend, they were notably absent. BONNIE HILL: (Shouting) Hey, hey, hey.

In 2018, an industrial vacuum machine sucked 46 tons of plastic beads from the catch basins along a five-block stretch of the St. Charles Avenue parade route, where Freret travels.

Krewe leaders said they hope to remove more than 300,000 pounds of “potentially toxic” beads and 100,000 single-use plastic wrappers within the next 10 years.

Black-colored plastic used in children’s toys, takeout containers, kitchen utensils and grocery meat and produce trays may contain alarming levels of toxic flame retardants that may be leaching ...

Black-colored plastic used in children’s toys, takeout containers, kitchen utensils and grocery meat and produce trays may contain alarming levels of toxic flame retardants that may be leaching ...