Bipartisan bill aims to ban the sale of water beads as children’s toys

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 Law” after 10-month-old Esther Jo Bethard died after swallowing one bead, which is absorbent and can grow inside the body.

Introduced by Democratic Sens. Tammy Baldwin (Wisc.) and Bob Casey (Penn.) and Republican Sen. Susan Collins (Maine), the bill looks to put a ban on water beads designed or marketed to children

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