the Us Consumer Product Safety Commission in Cooperation with Rose Art Industries Inc Announced a Voluntary Recall of the About 38 Million Magnetix Magnetic Building Sets Because the Tiny Magnets Inside the Plastic Building Pieces and Rods Can Fall Out Magnets Found by Young Children Can Be Swallowed or Aspirated if More Than One Magnet is Swallowed the Magnets Can Attract to Each Other and Cause Intestinal Perforation or Blockage Which Can Be Fatal This Product is Unsuitable for Young Children cpsc is Aware of 34 Incidents Involving Small Magnets Including One Death and Four Serious Injuries a 20 month old Boy Died After He Swallowed Magnets That Twisted His Small Intestine and Created a Blockage Three Children Ages Ranging from 3 to 8 Had Intestinal Perforations That Required Surgery and Hospitalization in Intensive Care a 5 year old Child Aspirated Two Magnets That Were Surgically Removed from His Lung description All Magnetix Magnetic Building Sets Including the X treme Combo Micro and Extreme Sets the Sets Contain 20 to 200 Plastic Building Pieces and 20 to 100 12 inch Diameter Steel Balls the Building Pieces Are Red Yellow Blue and Green and Are Shaped in 1 12 inch Squares 1 inch Triangles and Cylinder Rods Some Plastic Building Pieces Have magnetix Imprinted on Them
