This is weird and all over the news. I'm sure there are worse problems but frankly, I don't get why this even has to happen. They're a toy targeted at adults and I can see why the owner of Buckyballs is upset.
Source & Full Article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...for-children/2012/07/25/gJQA1lDg9W_story.html
Additional Story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...owed/2012/01/25/gIQA3EwgVQ_story.html?hpid=z3
This just in, magnets pose a problem if swallowed.
Meredith DelPrete, 10, was at school one day and did something that she said is popular among kids her age: She pretended to have a pierced tongue. The Fairfax County fifth-grader took two magnetic balls from her pocket and placed one on top of her tongue and the other on the underside. The magnets, the size of a BB, are extremely powerful. They made it look like she had a stud. She opened her mouth to show a friend.
Thats when the silver orbs rolled off.
Source & Full Article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/busin...for-children/2012/07/25/gJQA1lDg9W_story.html
Additional Story: http://www.washingtonpost.com/natio...owed/2012/01/25/gIQA3EwgVQ_story.html?hpid=z3
This just in, magnets pose a problem if swallowed.