In March of last year, a company recalled DigiDots 3mm and 5mm magnetic balls after it received reports of children swallowing them and requiring surgery to remove them. According to the U.S. Consumer ...
SAN ANTONIO – High-powered magnet ball sets may be a novelty item or interesting desk toy for adults, but they can be dangerous and even deadly in the hands and mouths of curious children. The ...
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission is warning people to “immediately” stop using and throw away Magnetic Fidget Balls’ Magnetic Ball Sets, as the loose magnets pose a choking hazard to ...
A Colorado toddler narrowly avoided surgery after she swallowed 28 buckyball magnets, according to news reports. An X-ray revealed that the small but strong magnets had linked up to form a circle in ...
Swallowed magnets led to the hospitalisation of at least 300 children in the UK in a single year, with some requiring life-changing surgery, according to recent research led by the University of ...
Over the course of little more than a month, we removed 54 tiny toy magnets from the digestive systems of four children. They were lucky: Despite invasive procedures and operations to repair holes in ...