RECALL SPOTLIGHT · WATER BEADS
The squish comes
with a catch.
ABC Trading’s squishy dumpling and ball toys were recalled after the water beads inside were found to expand beyond the permitted size.
THE PLAYTIME WATCHDOG
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THE HORRIBLE TOY / FIELD NOTES No. 01The squish comes
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Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Battery Ingestion
The costumes violate the mandatory safety standard for toys because the button cell batteries can be accessed easily by children, posing a deadly ingestion hazard. If button cell or coin batteries are swallowed, the ingested batteries can cause serious injuries, including internal chemical burns, and death.
The squishy toys violate the mandatory safety standard for toys because the water beads inside the toys expand larger than permitted, posing a deadly ingestion hazard. If a water bead is ingested, it can pose ingestion, choking, and intestinal obstruction hazards inside a child's body, resulting in severe discomfort, vomiting, dehydration and a risk of death to a child.
The magnetic stick figure toy sets violate the mandatory standard for toys because they can liberate loose high-powered magnets posing an ingestion hazard to children. When high-powered magnets are swallowed, the ingested magnets can attract each other or other metal objects and become lodged in the digestive system. This can result in perforations, twisting, and/or blockage of the intestines, blood poisoning and death.
The mystery dumpling toys violate the mandatory safety standard for toys because the water beads inside the dumplings expand larger than permitted, posing a deadly ingestion hazard. If a water bead is ingested, it can pose ingestion, choking, and intestinal obstruction hazards inside a child's body, resulting in severe discomfort, vomiting, dehydration and a risk of death to a child.
The recalled children’s toys violate the mandatory standard for toys because they contain button cell batteries and the compartments that hold the batteries can be easily accessed by children, posing a deadly ingestion hazard to children. When button cell and coin batteries are swallowed, the ingested batteries can cause serious injuries, internal chemical burns and death.
The magnetic humanoid toy Sets violate the mandatory standard for toys because they can liberate loose high-powered magnets posing an ingestion hazard to children. When high-powered magnets are swallowed, the ingested magnets can attract each other or other metal objects and become lodged in the digestive system. This can result in perforations, twisting, and/or blockage of the intestines, blood poisoning and death.
The recalled toy violates the small parts ban because the product is for children under three years of age and the red knobs can detach, posing a deadly choking hazard.
The fire hose port can come loose and detach, posing a risk of serious injury from choking hazard.
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THE “WHO APPROVED THIS?” DEPARTMENT
Bad ideas club✳
A trip through playtime’s
more questionable moments.
Lawn darts. Yes, actual darts.
Heavy, pointed objects thrown across the backyard. The U.S. banned their sale in 1988 after fatal injuries to children.
Read the CPSC history ↗The doll with an appetite for hair.
Snacktime Kids’ chewing mechanism caught hair and fingers. Mattel withdrew the dolls and offered a voluntary refund.
Read the original notice ↗A squishy is not a cooking project.
A viral trend of microwaving squishy toys prompted a CPSC burn warning. Our verdict: some trends deserve to stay untried.
Read the official warning ↗THE LONG READ · TRAMPOLINE SAFETY
A lot of bounce.
A long trail of warnings.
From gym apparatus to backyard staple: the invention, the safety upgrades, and the pediatric advice that kept coming back.
1934The prototype1999Stronger safeguards2012Renewed warnings
Explore the safety history ↗Editorial headlines; documented stories. These entries are historical context or commentary, not new recall announcements.
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