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Amazon, Target, and Walmart join forces to ban water beads, putting child safety first in this groundbreaking move.

Amazon, Target and Walmart, three of the largest retailers in the U.S., have announced they will stop selling water beads.

Yulia Naumenko/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Amazon, Target and Walmart, three of the largest retailers in the U.S., have announced they will stop selling water beads amid growing pressure in recent years to remove the products following reports of injuries and deaths of children who have swallowed them or placed them in their noses or ears. Although water beads -- often marketed as sensory toys and toys for children with developmental disorders -- may appear to be harmless at first glance, the small balls, made of polymers, can be hazardous. When exposed to liquids, they can "expand to the s...

Yulia Naumenko/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Amazon, Target and Walmart, three of the largest retailers in the U.S., have announced they will stop selling water beads amid growing pressure in recent years to remove the products following reports of injuries and deaths of children who have swallowed them or placed them in their noses or ears. Although water beads -- often marketed as sensory toys and toys for children with developmental disorders -- may appear to be harmless at first glance, the small balls, made of polymers, can be hazardous. When exposed to liquids, they can "expand to the s...

Yulia Naumenko/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Amazon, Target and Walmart, three of the largest retailers in the U.S., have announced they will stop selling water beads amid growing pressure in recent years to remove the products following reports of injuries and deaths of children who have swallowed them or placed them in their noses or ears. Although water beads -- often marketed as sensory toys and toys for children with developmental disorders -- may appear to be harmless at first glance, the small balls, made of polymers, can be hazardous. When exposed to liquids, they can "expand to the s...