From the Chicago Tribune: Federal safety officials filed a lawsuit Wednesday demanding a recall
of magnetic desk toys marketed to adults, citing serious injuries to
children who have ingested pieces of the product.
The rare
administrative complaint from the Consumer Product Safety Commission
also demands that the manufacturer of Buckyballs, New York-based
Maxfield & Oberton, stop selling the product and alert consumers
that it is defective. http://www.chicagotribune.com/site/newspaper/news/ct-nw-cpsc-sues-magnet-maker-20120726,0,7592986.story
And the company responds: Maxfield & Oberton, which according to the complaint imports the
tiny magnets from China, issued a statement titled "Thank you for trying
to drive a $50 million New York-based consumer product company out of
business."
"We are not sure why the CPSC wants to ban magnets,"
spokesman Andrew Frank said Wednesday. "We have been working with the
agency for two years on outreach and education and to make sure the
labels are correct, so we were surprised by this."
The agency
confirmed that it has been working with the company, starting with a
2010 recall aimed at getting the product back from consumers younger
than 14 and adding labels that warn against buying Buckyballs for
children. In November, the two entities worked together on an education
campaign involving social media, public service announcements and online
warnings.
The problem is not the magnets or the Buckyballs. The problem is stupid parents who don't look after their kids. If the parents watched their children and have the Buckyballs out of reach of the small kids, then how many problems would you have? Maybe 0?
Once again, the Obama administration is trying to put people out of work. Thanks Obama.
Surber the Genius!!
53 minutes ago
I agree, the government's actions are absurd. You wouldn't put Budweiser out of business just because underage citizens on occasion drink themselves to death?
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