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 ...

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 ...

The yo-yos are a coloured plastic ball with soft spikes. The ball is filled with a glutinous liquid and attached to a stretchy, thick length of rubber. They are intended to be used as a bouncing yo-yo ...

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 ...

They're popular, they're ubiquitous and they're dangerous. And Health Canada wants yo-yo balls off the market. The department issued a warning yesterday urging parents to safely dispose of any yo-yo ...

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 ...

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Don't miss out on the headlines from CM iPad section News front page. Followed categories will be added to My News. The minister responsible for fair trading, Paul Lucas, said yo-yo balls were banned ...

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 ...

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 ...