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• Worst Toys List for 2025 Highlights Focus on Choking, Ingestion Risks

  December 18, 2025

  Darian Hauf

  After more than 230,000 toy-related injuries were reported in 2023, consumer safety advocates have released their annual list of the 10 most dangerous toys being sold during this holiday shopping season.

• 10 “Worst Toys” List Includes Realistic Weapons, Eye Injury and Ingestion Risks

  December 9, 2024

  Michael Adams

  As the holiday shopping season heats up, consumer advocates have posted a list of the 10 “Worst Toys” on the market in the U.S., indicating that more than 209,000 children suffered toy-related injuries in 2022 alone.

• Water Beads Linked to Increasing Number of Child Injuries: Study

  October 3, 2024

  Martha Garcia

  Thousands of children have been treated for severe injuries caused by water beads, after swallowing the small absorbable gel spheres that expand up to 400x in size. However, a new study suggests that a bowel prep formula could help shrink the beads after they're swallowed, offering a possible treatment option in the future.

• CPSC Warns Consumers to Stop Using Magnetic Chess Sets that Pose Ingestion Injury Risks

  August 30, 2024

  Grace Muller

  Consumers are being urged to stop buying magnetic chess sets sold by JOMO, due to a risk of ingestion by children, which could lead to severe gastrointestinal injuries and intestinal blockage risks.

• CPSC Warns About Magnetic Toy Set Injury Risks Associated With 3 Products That Violate Federal Safety Standards

  July 25, 2024

  Grace Muller

  The CPSC is warning consumers not to purchase or use three different toy magnet sets that could be swallowed and cause severe injuries or death.

• Tide Laundry Pod Recall Issued Over Child Ingestion and Poisoning Risks

  April 8, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  More than 8.2 million packages of Tide, Gain, Ace and Ariel laundry pods are being recalled due to an ingestion risk which could lead to death.

• Expanding Water Bead Products Put Children at Risk of Life-Threatening Health Risks, CPSC Warns

  April 2, 2024

  Martha Garcia

  The CPSC is warning that expanding water bead products pose serious ingestion risks to children, including choking hazards, internal injuries, and exposure to cancer-causing chemicals.

• Frigidaire Refrigerator Recall Issued Over Choking Hazard From Broken Ice Buckets

  February 12, 2024

  Hannah Brown

  The Frigidaire refrigerator recall affects nearly 400,000 units due to the risk of plastic pieces breaking off in the ice bucket, which has resulted in laceration and ingestion injuries.

• Walmart.com Pedetid Magic Magnet Ball Sets Are Too Dangerous for Children, CPSC Warns

  January 22, 2024

  Katherine McDaniel

  The CPSC is warning that Pedetid magnet sets sold through Walmart.com carry an ingestion and injury risk for children, but the manufacturer is refusing to issue a recall.

• Walmart Magnet Set Recall Issued Due to Child Ingestion Risks

  December 29, 2023

  Katherine McDaniel

  Several thousand sets of toy magnets sold on Walmart.com have been recalled due to fears of child ingestion risks, which could result in severe injuries and death.