NeoMagnetic Cube and Buckyballs magnetic sets

Product description

The present recall involves small powerful magnetic balls that can be used to build sculptures, puzzles, patterns, or shapes including any of the following brands:

NeoMagnetic Cube 5mm RED COPPER

NeoMagnetic Cube 5mm BLUE METAL

NeoMagnetic Cube 5mm DARK

NeoMagnetic Cube 5mm TRIPLE NICKEL

NeoMagnetic Cube 5mm SILVER

NeoMagnetic Cube 5mm GOLD

NeoMagnetic Cube 5mm Metallic Rainbow Glazed Spheres

NeoMagnetic Cube 5mm Metallic Glazed Spheres

NeoMagnetic Square 125

NeoMagnetic Square 216

NeoMagnetic Cube 6mm BLUE METAL

NeoMagnetic Cube 6mm DARK

NeoMagnetic Cube 6mm GOLD

NeoMagnetic Cube 6mm TRIPLE NICKEL

Buckyballs Original

Buckyballs Sidekick

Buckyballs Book Edition

Hazard identified

Health Canada has ordered NeoMagnetic Gadgets Inc. to recall these products from the market.

The risk assessment on these magnet sets has informed Health Canada's determination that they are a danger to human health and safety because they contain small powerful magnets which can be easily swallowed or inhaled by children. Unlike other small objects that would be more likely to pass normally through the digestive system if swallowed, when more than one small powerful magnet is swallowed, the magnets can attract one another while travelling through the digestive system. The magnets can then pinch together and create a blockage and slowly tear through the intestinal walls, causing perforations.

The results of swallowing small powerful magnets can be very serious and life-threatening. Swallowing incidents have often resulted in considerable damage to the gastrointestinal tissues and required emergency surgical treatment. For survivors, there can be serious long-term health consequences.

For more information on the danger of swallowing magnets, please see Magnets.

Number sold

Approximately, 4000 of the affected products were sold in Canada.

Time period sold

The recalled products were sold from February 2010 to June 2013.

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