CPSC Posts Recall to its Web Site

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SOURCE U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

WASHINGTON, April 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced today that the following voluntary recall alert was posted in cooperation with the firm listed below. Recalls can be viewed at www.cpsc.gov.

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Company Name
Overstock.com

Product Name
Buckyballs high-powered magnet sets

Quantity
About 539

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.

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