BuckyBalls Could Kill Your Kids And Other Links

For the first time in 11 years the Consumer Product Safety Commission has issued a stop-sale order.

Photo By: Jeremy Boggs

The Consumer Product Safety Commission has put in an request to ban the magnetic balls since if swallowed (particularly by children) they can pinch one’s intestines together which can be fatal without surgery.

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Headline Story: Despite the fatal implication, BuckyBalls is defending their product. Click through to read the whole story. - [Geekosystem]