Classroom swallowed rare earth magnets, the U.S. 14-year-old girl nearly died

Kids love toys and magnet schools may become dangerous . Florida, USA, a 14 year old little girls suck swallow classes in schools using rare earth permanent magnets , colon and appendix was removed. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (The Consumer Product Safety Commission) will be such a magnet for the human body injury described as " missing gunshot wound ."

According to reports, 14 -year-old Rivas (Christin Rivas) before Thanksgiving this year, when the school in the classroom using a rare earth permanent magnet , she suddenly wanted to go the bathroom, his hands in order to prevent other students magnet is taken away , come back later found, she imagined the magnet will be placed in the hands of his mouth, but the students so happened that the next table a joke , she laughed into the mouth of the magnet on the slide down.

After a very troublesome thing , she was rushed to the emergency room X-rays , a doctor told her mother , which the magnet can be excreted through the feces , she was sent home , but after five days , she was in critical condition, and was rushed to the emergency room , this was excised colon and appendix , it really will come up with a piece of magnet in vitro .

Different from other magnet is swallowed, the magnets Rivas is a synthesis of six rare earth magnets, magnetic force is very powerful, if multiple magnets are taking the same time, you can imagine the damage to the body's digestive system .

Rivas said afterwards that children should never touch these rare earth permanent magnet materials, and parents and teachers should not buy them. Although this argument somewhat extreme , but it is reminding parents and teachers in the purchase and let the children use these permanent magnet material should be more careful.

Consumer Product Safety Commission (The Consumer Product Safety Commission) will have to make provisions for this kind of magnet body injuries described as " not see the gunshot wound ." The Commission estimates that in 2009 to 2011 among at least 1,700 children are eating rare earth magnets or similar buckyballs beads (Bucky balls) and other toys were sent to the emergency room.

Earlier this year, 9 -year-old boy Bruschi (Brandon Bruski) is also due to the incorrect use of the two rare earth magnets and was rushed to the emergency room for surgery , the child has a severe stomach cramps in the emergency room because of his large intestine was magnet breathe together.

It is because of these kids eating magnets cause damage resulting in the production of buckyballs beads Maxfield & Oberton holding company was closed in late 2012 . Consumer Product Safety Commission has submitted a complaint to the company a few , require the company to stop selling dangerous buckyballs beads , so the company chose to close down.


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