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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto wants Health Canada to ban plastic, water-filled yo-yo balls because of the danger they pose to children. The yo-yo ball, or yo-ball, is made of soft, pliable ...

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 ...

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 ...