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CPSC warned consumers to stop using squishy bun toys sold on Amazon over deadly water bead hazard

The agency issued a Notice of Violation to the Chinese retailer, which has not agreed to a recall or offered consumers any remedy

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The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission warned consumers to stop using Ivyapingdianpu's Squishy Bun toys on Thursday, saying the toys violate the mandatory safety standard for products containing water beads and pose deadly ingestion, choking, and obstruction hazards.

About 106 of the toys are affected. The CPSC issued a Notice of Violation to the retailer,........

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