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Officials from
Public Health – Seattle & King County and Children’s
Hospital and Regional Medical Center issued a warning about
Magnetix, a building toy that has caused the death of one
child in King County and has severely injured two others.
Public Health is urging parents not to allow young children
to play with these toys. If older children are allowed to
play with this toy, or any toy with small magnets, they should
be well supervised and warned about the hazard in swallowing
them and especially not to put any magnets in their mouth.
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"If your child has been
seriously injured or has died as a result of swallowing
a Magnetix toy, you may have a legal claim against the
manufacturer under product liability laws."
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The toy is composed of multiple plastic pieces with small,
strong magnets on their sides and corners. The magnets lock
the pieces together. If magnets come off and at least two
are swallowed, they can clamp together inside the body and
cause injury or death. The magnets got into the small intestine
where they pinched together loops of bowel, eventually leading
to a strangling of the intestine blood supply and gangrene.
The toy pieces should be examined carefully for loose or missing
magnets. |
| The company that
manufactures the Magnetix toys said that the toy meets federal
safety standards and has an appropriate age and choking hazard
warning. The choking hazard, however, is not the problem with
the toys. The Consumer Product Safety Commission told KOMO
4 its investigation is "serious and ongoing |
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