The CPSC explained that water beads can contain dangerous levels of a toxic chemical called acrylamide, a known carcinogen. It also reminded parents that water beads have caused more than 7,000 ...

[1]#1 Her symptoms pointed to acrylamide poisoning, specifically.[2]#2 I dove into researching water beads and learned that they're made using acrylamide, a chemical compound that can act as a ...

Some histones function as spools for the thread-like DNA to wrap around. Under the microscope in its extended form, chromatin looks like beads on a string. The beads are called nucleosomes.