A federal safety agency warned this past week that small, powerful magnets have been linked to seven deaths after they were ingested, announcing one company’s voluntary recall of a toy set that ...

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On a winter evening inside a Michigan home hit hard by COVID-19 this past January, a toddler fell ill. Her name was RayLynn. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. While the 14-month-old ...

Trading bosses are warning parents to throw away a popular Amazon toy immediately - due to 'serious' risk its small magnets could 'block their ...

CHICAGO - Last summer Kelly Bruski went to the store with her sons to buy a birthday gift for her boyfriend. When the boys, now 6 and 9, chose a magnet desk-toy called Buckyballs, "I saw they were ...

You’ve probably heard that strong, small magnets are dangerous for children. You would not give a toddler a neodymium magnet for any reason; you know that two of them, if swallowed, can connect inside ...

Magnets are found all over the place. They hold items on the refrigerator while also holding the door shut. Our banking cards have magnetic strips — as do speakers, motors, and automatic doors.

High-powered magnetic balls sold at Walmart have been recalled after the Consumer Product Safety Commission warned about risk of choking, injury, and death. Thousands of sets of high-powered magnetic ...

“You want to encourage children to play with toys to get them off devices — and then something like this happens,” said Naomi Rivers Kennedy News and Media Naomi Rivers said she found her 7-year-old ...

Federal safety regulators announced Tuesday a recall for two brands of high-powered magnet sets — a surprise ending to a nearly decade-long court battle that pitted business interests against the ...