SAN ANTONIO – Tiny but powerful rare-earth magnets sold as desk toys were banned several years ago. But now, some are back on the market, resulting in children being treated in the emergency room.

If Ed Scruggs, of Austin, Texas, hadn’t seen it for himself, he might never have believed it. But there it was on his 11-year-old daughter’s X-ray: a string of tiny, super-strong spherical magnets in ...

In the world of fidget-friendly desk toys, Speks reigns supreme. Currently sitting on my desk is a set of Original magnetic balls and Blocks and I pretty consistently play with both sets. If you’re ...

(CNN) — The Consumer Product Safety Commission is suing the maker of popular high-powered magnet “desk toys” to get them to stop selling their products, an agency spokesman said Wednesday. Since 2008, ...

— -- The company selling a magnetic desk toy the Consumer Product Safety Commission is trying to ban launches a Washington, D.C., advertising campaign today, as 11 of its competitors agree to ...

Details: Nanospheres Magnetic Desk Toys made by Kringle Toys and Gifts. The products were sold for use as an adult novelty item or desk toy with appropriate hazard warnings and stating the intended ...

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WASHINGTON —Consumers Union, the policy and advocacy division of Consumer Reports, today praised the legal action taken by the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) to stop the sale of Buckyballs ...

Toy maker has been under continued pressure from the federal government. Oct. 31, 2012— -- Maxfield & Oberton, the maker of Buckyballs and Buckycubes, popular office toys made up of small ...