CEBU, Philippines - The Ecowaste Coalition has cautioned the parents of the harmful chemicals in loom band, a rubber and colorful bracelet, which has becoming a craze among children. The coalition, an ...

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Veterinarians have treated dogs and cats that ingested loom bands. If an animal swallows several bands, an intestinal blockage can form, a problem that can become fatal. (LORI L. VOLKMAN/ASSOCIATED ...

A SCHOOL has “banned the band” — because the loom band craze sweeping the playgrounds could put animals in its “city farm” at risk. Staff at Scared Heart RC Primary in Westhoughton are asking children ...

But unlike most of her peers, this six-year-old is incredibly worried about the effects her hobby of looping hundreds of tiny synthetic rubber bands together to make jewellery could have on the ...

It’s a question that has been bothering me for a while as I watch my son Neru gleefully produce another bracelet for his already covered arm. Surely these things must have an environmental impact. I ...

Forget bracelets. A New Jersey artist is designing intricate critters on her pegged loom – and melting hearts along the way Sandra Sobieraj Westfall is a former national political correspondent, ...

Parents are being warned about the dangers of loom bands and the plastic trinkets sold with them after tests revealed some to be laced with cancer-causing chemicals Credit: Photo: Rachel Trump/BNPS ...

WE’VE had our fair share of primary school age crazes in our house, from Silly Bandz to Moshi Monsters figures. Now the kids have gone loopy for loom bands – the new must-have toy. These are tiny ...

The loom band craze is reaching new heights as eBay bids for a dress made out of the colourful bands reach £153,900. Made to fit girls aged between four and six, the dress appears to have been ...

A seven-year-old boy has been left with permanent sight damage after a freak loom band accident. Kyle Lawrence’s brother accidentally flicked one of the popular bands into his eye while they were ...