Dangerous Childrens Toy

Child’s death linked to small parts used in popular toy Magnetix.

I only bring this story up because I have two young kids. But there is a company called magnetix that makes a toy that you have probably seen just like the picture above, these are little sticks with magnets on each end. These sticks connect to each other or to a small metal ball and people can make little molecule like shapes with the sticks and balls. The geek in me loves this toy but there is a danger of the little magnets falling out and a child swallowing them. The little magnets are glued into the sticks and with use these magnets will just come loose and stick to another magnet. When a child swallows two or more of these magnets they can get caught in their small intestine and the magnets can stick together blocking the small intestine and causing real health problems including the death of a two year old and the hospitalization of a child in Seattle. Just like any story that makes the mainstream news I hate to be an alarmist and do not know how often this happens but still get very concerned nonetheless.

There was a story about this on ABC News and I have linked the ABC News video here just to make sure that the story gets out clearly.

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