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       Needoh cube burns
       By: LabPartner Date: February 3, 2026, 2:23 pm
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  HTML https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2026/02/03/loyola-warns-of-tiktok-trend-that-left-plainfield-boy-9-hospitalized-with-burns
       Loyola Medicine is warning of a TikTok trend that left a
       9-year-old southwest suburban Plainfield boy hospitalized with
       burns, the fourth injury from the trend so far this year.
       Whitney Grubb was getting her two sons ready for school on Jan.
       20 when 9-year-old Caleb started the microwave. Grubb assumed
       Caleb was warming up her breakfast, when she heard what she
       described as a “blood-curdling scream.”
       Caleb had microwaved a Needoh cube, a popular sensory toy used
       by adults and kids. As Caleb opened the microwave, the cube,
       filled with gelatinous material, exploded on his face and hands,
       according to a Loyola Medicine statement.
       “When I asked him what happened, he told me that a friend at
       school told him about putting it in the microwave,” Grubb said
       in the statement. “It wasn’t anything malicious, it was just
       kids sharing stories, and unfortunately, he decided to try it.”
       Whitney tried to rinse the material off in the shower, but the
       material was so thick and Caleb was in so much pain that they
       went to the emergency room before being transferred to Loyola’s
       Burn Center.
       “Unfortunately, Caleb’s is the fourth case we have seen this
       year with Needoh cubes,” said Paula Petersen, a burn center
       advanced practice nurse, in the statement. “Caleb is very lucky
       he didn’t sustain greater injuries. These trends can be
       extremely dangerous for young people who are less likely to
       consider or unable to understand the serious consequences.”
       According to TikTok spokesperson Nick Smith, TikTok’s Community
       Guidelines prohibit content that shows or promotes dangerous
       activities or challenges.
       “We remove these videos when we find them and in Q3 of last
       year, we removed 99.8% of them proactively (before any reports
       were filed) and more than 97% within 24 hours,” Smith said in an
       emailed statement.
       Loyola shared Caleb’s story as part of National Burn Awareness
       Week.
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