It’s rare for a regulated company to mount open and disrespectful resistance to a federal regulatory agency, but that’s what the maker of BuckyBalls, the popular desktop magnetic toy, is doing in response to the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s effort to ban its product. Powerful magnets can be harmful if swallowed, and the maker of BuckyBalls has extensively warned that they are meant for adult use and should be kept out of kids’ hands. The CPSC considers these warnings inadequate and wants to ban the product even for adult use.
Read more at http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/buckyballs-the-cpsc-and-the-coconut-menace/
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