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Sure there are, many of them look like candy (for instance, in reference to zenmagnets, the neoballs). I've not seen magnets sold in grocery stores or home sto
by tw04 10y ago
Sure there are, many of them look like candy (for instance, in reference to zenmagnets, the neoballs). I've not seen magnets sold in grocery stores or home stores that share that property. Additionally, the size and shape make them quite easy for a child to swallow.
What magnet have you seen in a grocery store or Home Depot that is the size and shape of a small gumball? Link?
- dpark 10y agoHave you spent much time with small children? They'll happily stick buttons (and button magnets) in their mouths if they find them on the floor. Kids who don't even know what candy is will still put small objects into their mouths because it's what they do. Buttons are about as easy to swallow as small balls. We literally package medicine in button shape because it's easy to swallow. I vividly remember kids in late elementary school playing with pencil grips and cola can tabs in their mouths. I was always terrified someone was going to choke to death on one. (They didn't.) These were kids old enough to know that they weren't candy and they still put them in their mouths because kids are just kind of dumb. There are also stories of teens using ball magnets for tongue "piercings" and accidentally swallowing them. Magnets absolutely don't have to look like candy to be dangerous. Most ball magnets are also not colorful. Even if the colorful ones were somehow especially dangerous, that wouldn't make all ball magnets especially dangerous.