SENATOR CASEY INTRODUCES BILL TO BAN WATER BEADS

Senator Bob Casey says he’s introduced a bi-partisan bill to ban water beads. The bill is named “Esther’s Law” for a ten-month-old Wisconsin girl who died after swallowing one. The small, colorful balls can be sold as toys and in craft kits and can grow up to 100 times their original size when exposed to water. The measure would have the Consumer Product Safety Commission ban the products from being marketed as toys, educational or art materials or sensory tools.