The beads have high levels of acrylamide, which if swallowed it can be toxic, causing negative health effects in children, the commission said. The water beads were sold on Amazon from March 2017 ...

The tubular beads made from quahog shells were used ornamentally or ceremonially and also woven into belts as mnemonic devices recording history, traditions, laws, and diplomacy.

Lorraine Schwartz arrived at a recent Christie’s jewelry auction in New York City wearing a long strand of large lavender jade beads, a chunky ivory bangle embedded with rubies, and a gray ...