Buckyballs CEO says the office toy is not defective and marketed to adults. Sept. 12, 2012— -- Buckyballs, a toy made up of small magnetic beads that can be molded into different shapes, is one ...
PORTLAND -- A 3-year-old was recovering Monday at Legacy Emanuel Hospital after doctors removed 37 'Buckyballs' magnets from her intestines. Payton Bushnell complained to her parents of symptoms that ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) ordered a halt to sale of Buckyballs magnetic toys on Wednesday, calling them a serious hazard in the panel's first stop-sale order ...
Toy maker has been under continued pressure from the federal government. Oct. 31, 2012— -- Maxfield & Oberton, the maker of Buckyballs and Buckycubes, popular office toys made up of small ...
WASHINGTON (AP) – Buckyballs are high-powered desktop magnetic toys for adults, but some young children are swallowing the tiny magnets and getting hurt. Teens also have accidentally ingested the ...
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — An 11-year-old boy is using his scary experience with an educational magnetic ball to teach others a lesson. Connor Parker was playing with Buckyballs, which are educational magnetic ...
The government took aim at sets of small, high-powered magnets. The brand names include Buckyballs, and Magni-cubes. The Consumer Product Safety Commission wants them off the market. One child has ...
About five years ago, emergency room doctor Julie Brown met an 8-year-old girl who complained about a weeklong stomach ache. The girl was tight-lipped about what might be causing the pain, and she ...
<br>This week doctors in Portland, Ore., <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Health/year-swallows-37-magnets/story?id=15850517#.T1aqsXEu_H8" target="_blank">removed 37 ...
Obviously, Bucky Balls neodymium magnets fall into a subset of "toys," so we come to the obvious conclusion that neodymium magnets are less threatening than 2.5m to 1. Obviously, we don't have the ...