The rubber duck has long been a child's beloved toy come bath time, a little squishy friend who's always there to splash around with. But, turns out, that rubbery pal may not be so clean despite ...

A mum-of-two has issued an urgent warning to all parents about a little-known danger in a popular kids toy. She cut her kid's rubber ducks open after noticing they seemed to have changed colour.

What researchers found, after cutting the toys open, wasn't pretty. "All bath toys analyzed in this study had dense and slimy biofilms on the inner surface," the study reads.

A mum has warned parents to throw out their children's bath toys after cutting open her son's colourful rubber ducks to find the insides thick with black mould, which could be harmful Comments 0 News ...

They are far from squeaky clean. March 28, 2018 at 4:33pm BST Your beloved bath-time playmate, aka the rubber duck, may be a haven for bacteria. At least that’s what a new study suggests.