Small magnet is dangerous!

These several years, the high power small magnetic metal beads are getting hot in the market. It is so popular that even small children gets interested. There are cases that the children swallowed the more than one magnets which stick together in the guts and cause deaths.

Australian Competition & Consumer Commission issued a permanent ban on the magnets that:

• are small enough to fit into the small parts cylinder used in the mandatory standard for toys for children up to and including 36 months of age.
• have a magnetic flux of 50 or more.
• are marketed by the supplier as, or supplied for use as any of the following:
• a toy, game or puzzle (including but not limited to an adult desk toy, an educational toy or game, a toy, game or puzzle for mental stimulation or stress relief)
• a construction or modelling kit
• jewellery to be worn in or around the mouth or nose.