Aqua Dots would seem inadvisable for little kids even if the toy didn’t release a date-rape drug when ingested. The thing’s basic component is small beads.

Below is the text of the CPSC recall notice, and separate notices from the North American and Australian distributors of Aqua Dots and Bindeez. U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ...

The arts and craft beads, aimed at children 4 years and older, have been selling since April at major U.S. retail stores as "Aqua Dots" and in Australia under the name "Bindeez Beads." ...

But instead of using nontoxic, 1,5-pentanediol, the Chinese company charged with manufacturing Aqua Beads substituted 1,4-butanediol. When ingested, the chemical metabolized into gamma-hydroxybutyric ...

In the latest recall of a Chinese-made toy, the Consumer Product Safety Commission ordered the recall of 4.2 million Aqua Dots in the United States.

The beads were manufactured in China by JSSY Ltd and all parties involved in the lawsuit admit they contained a chemical that turns into GHB, also known as the "date-rape drug," when metabolized.

The children were treated in hospitals in Texas, Delaware, New Hampshire, Illinois and Utah after ingesting beads from Aqua Dots craft kits,said a spokeswoman with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety ...