This Product Safety Alert notifies consumers and businesses that certain types of magnetic reusable water balloons currently being sold present a risk of severe injury or death. Emergency department physicians have seen children who have high-powered magnets lodged within their bodies.

She continued, "They're very easy for a small child to ingest or to put in their nose or their ears or something like that, where they could be a problem. Compared with the most disposable water ballons, our reusable water balloons do not need to fill water with a splashing faucet and skip the tying and early blasting hassle. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).With the temperatures increasing and summer holidays approaching, parents who may be looking for fun ways to stay cool need to know about this latest activity offered by one 'mumfluencer' – as it's pretty genius.

Magnetic water balloons are innovative water toys specially designed to enhance the traditional water balloon play experience for kids and families. Als sie ankamen waren sie teilweise etwas außer Form, weswegen sie nicht direkt geschlossen werden konnten, dies ändert sich aber nach einiger Zeit. Widely Used】Water balloons are perfect summer outdoor water toys, it is perfect for the whole family and groups to have fun together. Further information about the hazard of magnet ingestion is contained in the Risk Summary published by OPSS in 2021. Martin recommends parents and adults watch out for magnets in toys and small products around children, and to make sure magnets are secured.

The magnets are so strong that if more than one is swallowed, they can attract to each other across tissue, cutting off blood supply to the bowel and causing blockages, tissue injury, severe infection, and even death. The new standards require loose or separate magnets in products intended to be used for entertainment, jewelry, mental stimulation and stress relief to be either too large to swallow or weak enough to reduce the risk of internal injuries. Due to the pressure on those tissues, [it] can actually cause holes, whether it's in the stomach, intestine in the nose. She also mentioned other different products like crocheted water balloons or even sponges that work in a similar way for fun water play. I had heard great things about them (environmentally friendly, mess-proof, easy for kids to refill), but now, I’m second guessing that decision after one mom’s horrifying testimony wound up shared in my local mom Facebook group.

As Whitty urged in her post, refillable water balloons with small magnets inside should not be around children. The idea is that kids can refill them over and over, removing the mess of broken balloons all over your backyard and your kid constantly asking you to make more water balloons for them.OPSS has required those businesses that sell these products to ensure they are taken off sale and emphasised the importance of meeting their obligations under product safety law. Magnets have an obvious attraction to each other and they honestly don't care what is in between them when they're being attracted to each other," Dr. Consumers, local authority trading standards services and businesses are asked to be alert to the potential dangers of accessible magnets in reusable water balloons and take action, where appropriate, as advised below. There are 16 small yet powerful magnets in each balloon that allows it to seal tightly and retain water. Unfortunately, magnets getting dislodged from toys and being available to be ingested (swallowed) or inserted (older kids try to imitate nose, tongue, lip, or cheek piercings) has been a problem since high-powered magnets started being used in children’s toys in the early 2000s.