Probe reveals substandard magnets, risk to children
Probe reveals substandard magnets, risk to children By Lo Chi and Jake Chung / Staff reporter, with staff writer More than two-thirds of children’s toys containing magnets are substandard, the Consumers’ Foundation and the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection said on Friday. More than 60 percent of toys on the market with magnetic parts used neodymium magnets, which are also sold under the brand name Buckyballs, they said, citing a probe. Foundation secretary-general Hsu Tse-yu (徐則鈺) said that 15 toys labeled as suitable for children under the age of three were tested, an...
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