Magnet swallowing has posed a danger to kids in the U.S. for over a decade. Ingestions dropped in 2014 after the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission banned high-powered magnet sets.

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In the U.S., regulations keeping high-powered magnets out of the market were overturned in 2016, after which the number of pediatric magnet ingestion reports soared by 444% until 2022 when new ...

Despite more safety rules, kids around the world continue swallowing magnets, and the United States tops the list.. Magnet swallowing has posed a danger to kids in the U.S. for over a decade ...