When these were popular there was a concern that a child might swallow them and they would attract each other through the walls of the intestines resulting in death. They were banned in 2014 and the ban was overturned in 2016.
Ya know…when you said they were banned over concerns over not understanding how magnets worked, I thought you were going to say in the early 1800s or something.
When these were popular there was a concern that a child might swallow them and they would attract each other through the walls of the intestines resulting in death. They were banned in 2014 and the ban was overturned in 2016.
https://www.cpsc.gov/Safety-Education/Safety-Education-Centers/Magnets/Buckyballs-and-Buckycubes/Buckyballs-and-Buckycubes-Recall-Frequently-Asked-Questions
https://consumerist.com/2016/11/23/court-overturns-federal-ban-on-potentially-dangerous-high-power-magnets/
Ya know…when you said they were banned over concerns over not understanding how magnets worked, I thought you were going to say in the early 1800s or something.
Then you said 2014…then I got really sad.