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 ...