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Product Safety Alert: Water Beads (PSA7)
Official notice
19 Sept 2024
Last checked
24 Sept 2024
An official OPSS notice concerns Product Safety Alert: Water Beads (PSA7). This is a Product Safety Alert from the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) for a product commonly known as ‘water beads’. Water beads can pose a serious risk of a) gastrointestinal blockage requiring surgery or b) asphyxiation (suffocation or choking). This Alert is for consumers (particularly parents and caregivers to young children), childcare and educational establishments, local authority trading standards and businesses to warn of the potential harm that water beads can pose. Published 2024-09-24.
What to do now
The source does not provide specific consumer instructions. Follow the official OPSS notice for next steps.
Official notice
2024-09-24
The hazard
The hazard
This is a Product Safety Alert from the Office for Product Safety and Standards (OPSS) for a product commonly known as ‘water beads’. Water beads can pose a serious risk of a) gastrointestinal blockage requiring surgery or b) asphyxiation (suffocation or choking). This Alert is for consumers (particularly parents and caregivers to young children), childcare and educational establishments, local authority trading standards and businesses to warn of the potential harm that water beads can pose.
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