SAN DIEGO -- The I-Team has found dangerous chemicals in a children's toy sold throughout the country.

A company called Wham-O manufactured a product known as Super Elastic Bubble Plastic. The toy was popular between 1960s and the 1980s. However, Wham-O hasn't sold them in years. Variations of the toy still exist, like Balloons Plastic, Bubble Balloons, and B'loonies. The I-Team found all three products for sale in San Diego. The I-Team purchased B'loonies bubble kits at drug store Walgreens and grocery store Food 4 Less. The other kits were purchased at San Diego area swap meets.

Here's how the kits work. "Squeeze out a little bit of this goop," said I-Team researcher Adam Martin. "Roll a little ball, put on end of a straw and you just blow."

"She complained she was dizzy. She had a headache," says Javier Hernandez, whose 7-year-old daughter, Leah, felt sick after playing with a balloon kit she bought at a swap meet for $1. "I honestly think it's a bad product."

The toy label says it's made of several different petroleum-based products, including acetone. That's the main ingredient in nail polish remover.

What's not on the packaging? That these balloon toys have been banned in other countries including Canada and Australia. But being banned in Brisbane doesn't mean they're banned in Boston, or San Diego. They are legal here in the United States.

Australia's Consumer Affairs told the I-Team the kits were outlawed in 1990 because of "dizziness and narcosis...potentially putting an individual into a coma." They said inhaling the "vapour" could result in poisoning.

Dr. Lee Cantrell is the San Diego Director of California's Poison Control System. He said besides possible physical reactions, there is another downside to these cheap toys. "Children have tried using these to get high," he said. "I wouldn't let my kids use them."

Expert Chemical Analysis tested the "Balloons Plastic" toy at 10News' request. The findings said the toy contains 5 percent is acetone, plus a mixture of benzene. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said benzene is known to cause cancer, specifically leukemia.

Rep. Bob Filner, D-Calif., promises to alert government agencies including the Consumer Product Safety Commission about our findings: "You had these tested, which I thank you for. Channel Ten did a great job."

Consumer Watchdog group called World Against Toys Causing Harm criticized the "B'loonies" kit. The toy made the group's 10 worst toys list in 2007. They say flammable chemicals "should not be part of a child's toy."

B'loonies manufactuer JA-RU headquartered in Florida has no comment. The other balloon products don't list manufacturer or distributor names. Therefore 10News was unable to contact these companies for comment.