In May last year, a set of 12 magnetic balls was retrieved from the stomach and the small intestine of a 3-year-old girl. The balls were initially sitting separately in each organ, but later ...

It contained 216 small, multicolored magnetic balls with what the CPSC called a “strong magnetic flux.” The agency said that ingested magnets could attach to each other or other metal objects ...

A two-year-old boy from Florida is back in the hospital after suffering complications from swallowing part of a toy composed of small magnetic balls. Hannah Arrington told CNN that Konin ...

The NHS issued a patient safety alert earlier this month and is now calling for the small metal balls to be banned. It said the "neodymium or 'super strong' rare-earth magnets are sold as toys ...