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 ...

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 ...

Lisa Lipin wants water-filled yo-yo balls off the market and has been hounding the Consumer Product Safety Commission to ban them since her 5-year-old son, Andrew, got the elastic string the balls are ...

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 ...

One of America's most wanted toys these days is the Yo Yo Water Ball. Kids want them for the playground; consumer safety advocates want them banned. Made in China and Taiwan and marketed under dozens ...