Educate young kids and teens about magnets and how dangerous they are if swallowed. Keep high-powered magnet sets away from kids. Immediately get help if you think someone has swallowed a magnet.

Online retailers are selling high-powered magnets with confusing guidance on age appropriateness. Consumer Reports tells parents what they need to know to keep kids safe.

Toy magnets are harming kids again. They need to be banned — for good. By Amy Garcia and Sanjay Krishnaswami Aug. 6, 2019. Reprints. Adobe. O ver the course of little more than a month, we ...

KARE 11 Investigates: Once-banned magnets sending kids to ER. Doctors warn that children are swallowing high-powered rare earth magnet balls marketed as desk toys for adults – sending thousands ...

In a 2016 decision, the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals bought the argument and ordered the ban to be lifted, and as expected, kids began swallowing magnets and again showing up in emergency rooms.

Kids can be injury magnets, and it’s not just the boys Credit: NYT A rider warming up her pony at the Wellington International Horse Show in Wellington, Fla., March 2, 2025.

The energy needed to pull magnets apart comes from you, and you get it from the food you eat. And the plants or animals you eat get their energy from other plants and animals, or from the Sun. All ...

Nachtwey recommends a 500-pound magnet for kids. Magnets of that power are still strong enough to pick up coins and small objects but weigh much less than larger, higher-powered pieces, making them ...

An induction coaster, however, uses magnets and electricity for acceleration. (An in-depth explanation of linear motors as used in roller coasters can be found here .) ...