The sets often contain 200 or more small magnets.
“We are deeply concerned with the increasing frequency at which pediatric gastroenterologists and surgeons are treating infants, children and adolescents for accidental ingestion of high-powered magnets,” writes C. Richard Boland, MD, chair of AGA, in his letter to CPSC (pdf). “Despite laudable efforts by the CPSC to educate the public about the dangers of high-powered magnet sets and improvements in manufactures’ warning labels, ingestion of high-powered magnets continues to occur. High-powered magnet ingestions and the injuries they cause to children are preventable; the most effective way to prevent ingestions is to ban the sale of high-powered magnet sets, as defined in the proposed rule.”
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