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A closer metaphor might be banning those magnetic bead sculptures because a child might swallow the beads. They were banned for anyone to buy not just children.
by imglorp 4y ago
A closer metaphor might be banning those magnetic bead sculptures because a child might swallow the beads. They were banned for anyone to buy not just children.
https://gizmodo.com/buckyballs-magnets-have-been-banned-by-the-feds-update-5929064 https://gizmodo.com/buckyballs-magnets-have-been-banned-by-t...
- bombcar 4y agoYou can probably get basically the same thing from McMaster-Carr: https://www.mcmaster.com/magnet-ball/shape~ball/neodymium-magnets-7/ https://www.mcmaster.com/magnet-ball/shape~ball/neodymium-ma...
- cypress66 4y agoI disagree. That's a toy that kids might choke on. Kids aren't going to randomly buy sodium nitrate and accidentally eat it.
- krisoft 4y agoYou can still buy spherical neodynium magnets if you want to. They are just not sold as toys. Also even the ban on the toy has been overturned: https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/a24110/buckyballs-legal-us-2016/ https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/a24110/buckyballs-l...