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 ...
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 ...
According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS), in 2022, debris on state roads led to 1,100 crashes and nine ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
The Castleton Free Library is getting an upgrade in the name of access for all who spend time there. Back in January we introduced you to a program that helps make the transition from high school ...
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 ...