Mom urges ban on water beads after daughter's injury: "It breaks my heart"
Summary
A mother is urging a ban on water beads after her daughter swallowed them and suffered serious health problems. These beads can expand inside the body, causing blockages and brain damage, and more than 7,800 injuries related to them have been treated in the U.S. emergency rooms between 2016 and 2022.Key Facts
- Water beads are small, water-absorbing beads that can grow up to 100 times their size when wet.
- Ashley Haugen’s daughter, Kipley, swallowed water beads and developed a dangerous blockage in her small intestine.
- Kipley later experienced developmental delays and was diagnosed with toxic brain encephalopathy.
- Water beads contain chemicals called polyacrylamide and acrylamide, with acrylamide known to be harmful to the nervous system.
- From 2016 to 2022, more than 7,800 water bead ingestion injuries were treated in U.S. emergency departments.
- In 2023, a 10-month-old child died after swallowing water beads.
- The authors of the report, including Kipley’s mother, want warning labels on water bead products and call for a ban on their sale.
- Ashley Haugen runs a website to help families affected by injuries from consumer products like water beads.
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