CPSCApril 15, 2013consumer

Overstock.com Recalls High-Powered Magnet Sets Due to Ingestion Hazards

Official recall recorded by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

Recalled product: Overstock.com Recalls High-Powered Magnet Sets Due to Ingestion Hazards

The hazard

When two or more magnets are swallowed, they can link together inside a child's intestines and clamp onto body tissues, causing intestinal obstructions, perforations, sepsis and death. Internal injury from magnets can pose serious lifelong health effects.

What to do

Overstock.com will contact each purchasing customer directly to coordinate the recall. Consumers should stop using the recalled high-powered magnet sets immediately, take all associated individual magnets away from children and teenagers, and contact Overstock.com for a full refund.

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Recall history

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