Overstock.com Recalls High-Powered Magnet Sets Due to Ingestion Hazards
CPSC Recall1 injuries · 2013-04-15 · 13731
Hazards
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.
Recall
Number
13731
Date
2013-04-15
Injuries reported
1
Products
Names
Buckyballs high-powered magnet sets
Remedies
Options
Refund
Companies
Retailer(s)
Overstock.com and retailers nationwide from November 2010 through July 2012 for about $20.
Importer(s)
Maxfield & Oberton LLC
Country of manufacture
China
Description
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.