Yo-yo water balls, the stretchy, rubbery toys that are sold near checkout lines for as little as $1, pose a potential strangulation hazard to children but will not be recalled, according to a federal ...

It’s happened again. Two weeks ago, Brayden Daher, a 5-year-old boy from Bellevue, Wash., was nearly strangled when he got a Yo-Yo Water Ball wrapped around his neck. “He was purple, almost blue, and ...

Sept. 24 -- — A fun-filled day turned in to an overnight stay at the hospital for a 6-year-old Massachusetts boy who got the elastic cord from his Yo-Yo Ball tangled around his neck. Justice Gilkes ...

Yo-yo balls have a more dangerous safety record than other products that have been recalled, U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-Ill.) said in a letter Tuesday, questioning the failure of a federal consumer ...

PARENTS are being urged to be vigilant when toy shopping this Christmas, particularly when shopping online or buying cheap imports. The warning comes as the federal and state governments, with the ...

Before buying from your kids’ Christmas wish lists of toys, a consumer group yesterday warned parents to beware of toxic ducks, flammable water yo-yos and numerous other playthings that can also ...

The Director of Consumer Affairs announced this afternoon he is writing to importers, distributors and wholesalers of "Yo Yo balls" over fears they could kill or injure children. Urgent risk tests on ...

A federal agency will take another look at Yo-Yo Water Balls, a popular toy blamed for injuring more than 400 children across the country, after a detailed report on the hazards of the toy in this ...

Health Canada is warning Canadians to throw out a toy called the "yo-yo ball" because it may pose a strangulation hazard to children. The yo-yo ball, or yo-ball, is made of a soft, pliable plastic ...

One of the hardest toys to find this holdiay season is the X-Brain, right up there with Furby and Bouncing Tigger. That’s a Yomega X-Brain. As in yo-yo. You know, two discs and an axle that go up and ...

Health Canada has issued a recall for several hundred thousand yo-yo type balls sold across Canada, despite the fact such toys have been banned from store shelves since 2003. About 269,664 of the toys ...