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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...