On investigation, and somewhat surprisingly to me, it seems that medical experts legitimately believe that swallowing these particular small metal objects are worse than swallowing garden-variety small metal objects because if you swallow e.g. 5 BB pellets then you'll pass 5 BB pellets but if you swallow 5 high-powered magnets you now have one single clump o' metal which is large/heavy/sharp enough to damage your intestinal tract.
I probably still wouldn't ban them but, hey, worth noting.
I probably still wouldn't ban them but, hey, worth noting.
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/story/2012-0...