Gel blaster guns use water beads as ammunition. If swallowed, water beads can expand inside the body and cause intestinal obstructions, choking, or death.
What You Can Do & How We Can Help
The Schmidt Firm, PLLC is currently accepting Gel Blaster Gun induced injury cases in all 50 states. If your child was injured after swallowing a water bead or gel blaster ammunition, you should contact our lawyers immediately for a free case consultation. Please use the form below to contact our Product Liability Litigation Group or call toll free 24 hours a day at (866) 920-0753.
What Are Gel Blaster Guns?
Gel blaster guns are toys that use water beads for ammunition. Each toy gun is commonly sold with tens of thousands of water beads, which look exactly like rainbow-colored sprinkles or candy to a child. These water beads may also be called Orbeez, which is one of the most popular brands of water beads.
What is the Problem?
If swallowed, water beads can expand inside the body and block the intestines. Children can also choke to death or suffer other serious injuries if the water bead ammunition is inserted into their nose, ears, or accidentally inhaled into their lungs.
Gel Blaster Gun Ammunition May Be Deadly If Swallowed
Gel blaster guns are usually purchased for older children, but the water bead ammunition poses a life-threatening safety hazard for younger siblings. The water beads can spill and scatter easily, making them impossible to clean up entirely. Young children can find a water bead and swallow it days or even weeks later.
What is the Risk?
Children who swallowed water beads have died, suffered hospitalizations and surgeries, or live with long-term health problems. They may need surgery to remove parts of their intestines or need a colostomy bag for the rest of their life. Some children have also been poisoned by water beads.
Safety Hazards of Water Beads
Dry water beads are only the size of a sprinkle, but they can grow more than 100X their original size when they are exposed to water — or inside the body. When swallowed, they pose life-threatening safety risks, but many parents are unaware of the danger;.
Health Risks of Swallowing Water Beads
- Severe pain
- Intestinal blockages
- Life-threatening injuries
- Vomiting and dehydration
- Surgery may be necessary to remove water beads
- Hearing loss (if inserted into the ears)
- Death
Water Beads Linked to Thousands of ER Visits Per Year
Water beads are associated with thousands of emergency-department visits every year, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC). The agency warns: “CPSC urges all families, schools, camps, and child-care centers to keep water beads out of any spaces that babies and small children may enter.”
Do I have a Gel Blaster Gun Lawsuit?
The Schmidt Firm, PLLC is currently accepting Gel Blaster Gun induced injury cases in all 50 states. If your child was injured after swallowing a water bead or gel blaster ammunition, you should contact our lawyers immediately for a free case consultation. Please use the form below to contact our Product Liability Litigation Group or call toll free 24 hours a day at (866) 920-0753.
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