CPSCRecalled Apr 15, 2013 · #13731
Overstock.com Recalls High-Powered Magnet Sets Due to Ingestion Hazards
Hazard
When two or more magnets are swallowed, they can link together inside a child's intestines and clamp onto body tissues, causing intestinal obstructions, perforations, sepsis and death. Internal injury from magnets can pose serious lifelong health effects.
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This recall involves high-powered magnets sets with the brand name Buckyballs. The sets contain 216 silver-colored, spherical rare earth magnets, each about five millimeters in diameter.
Product details
- Product
- Buckyballs high-powered magnet sets
- Type
- Magnets
- Manufacturer
- Not specified
- Model numbers
- —
- UPCs
- —
- Sold at
- Overstock.com and retailers nationwide from November 2010 through July 2012 for about $20.
- Made in
- China
What you should do
Overstock.com will contact each purchasing customer directly to coordinate the recall. Consumers should stop using the recalled high-powered magnet sets immediately, take all associated individual magnets away from children and teenagers, and contact Overstock.com for a full refund.