Mom speaks out on dangers of water beads, urges ban after daughter's injury: "It breaks my heart"

Water beads may look harmless and fun, but the authors of a new report — including a mom whose daughter was seriously injured by them — are calling for a ban on their sale.

When Ashley Haugen's daughter Kipley was a toddler, she developed a rash and was throwing up. Doctors couldn't figure out what was wrong. It turned out she had ingested the small, water-absorbing beads her older sister was playing with. The beads can expand to 100 times their size when exposed to water. 

"During surgery, they found the water beads had caused a blockage inside of her small intestine," Haugen told CBS News. "Because the water beads were marketed as non-toxic eco-friendly and biodegradable, everybody thought that she would be fine."