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• CPSC Warns Consumers to Stop Using Magnetic Chess Sets that Pose Ingestion Injury Risks

  August 30, 2024

  Grace Muller

  Consumers are being urged to stop buying magnetic chess sets sold by JOMO, due to a risk of ingestion by children, which could lead to severe gastrointestinal injuries and intestinal blockage risks.

• CPSC Warns About Magnetic Toy Set Injury Risks Associated With 3 Products That Violate Federal Safety Standards

  July 25, 2024

  Grace Muller

  The CPSC is warning consumers not to purchase or use three different toy magnet sets that could be swallowed and cause severe injuries or death.

• Sleepnet CPAP and BiPap Mask Recall Issued Over Potential Interference from Magnets

  March 20, 2024

  Irvin Jackson

  A Sleepnet CPAP and BiPAP mask recall has been announced for all products equipped with magnets that could interfere with medical implants, resulting in severe injury or death.

• Walmart.com Pedetid Magic Magnet Ball Sets Are Too Dangerous for Children, CPSC Warns

  January 22, 2024

  Katherine McDaniel

  The CPSC is warning that Pedetid magnet sets sold through Walmart.com carry an ingestion and injury risk for children, but the manufacturer is refusing to issue a recall.

• ResMed CPAP Mask Recall Issued Due To Risk Magnets May Interfere with Medical Devices

  January 12, 2024

  Russell Maas

  More than 20 million ResMed AirFit and AirTouch CPAP and BiPAP facemasks have been recalled over the potential for the magnetic masks to interfere with implantable medical devices.

• Walmart Magnet Set Recall Issued Due to Child Ingestion Risks

  December 29, 2023

  Katherine McDaniel

  Several thousand sets of toy magnets sold on Walmart.com have been recalled due to fears of child ingestion risks, which could result in severe injuries and death.

• CPSC Estimates 2,400 Magnet Ingestion Injuries Resulted in ER Treatment Between 2017 and 2021

  December 20, 2023

  Martha Garcia

  The CPSC has issued safety warnings for two magnet sets which children could swallow, adding to the thousands of injuries and several deaths linked to similar toys in recent years.

• As Holiday Shopping Gets Underway, CPSC Warns Dangerous Toys Linked to 11 Child Deaths, 150K Injuries in 2022

  November 22, 2023

  Katherine McDaniel

  The CPSC has released recommendations for safe toy buying this year, warning that scooters and toys with small parts were linked to the most child injuries and deaths in 2022.

• FDA Gives Philips CPAP Face Mask Magnet Recall Class I Designation, Warns of Injury, Death Risk

  October 26, 2022

  Russell Maas

  The FDA warns that face magnets used in recalled Philips CPAP masks carry a serious risk of injury and death for users.

• Warning Labels Have Little Effect on High-Powered Magnet Ingestions, Study Finds

  October 10, 2022

  Russell Maas

  A new study reveals warning labels do not appear to prevent ingestions of high-powered magnets, and most consumers do not know they are not children's toys or can be dangerous.