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Fatal attraction: Magnets a ‘huge emerging concern’
Children who ingest multiple magnets are at risk of them attracting across the bowel wall, leading to perforations.Without urgent attention, doctors say children can die. In 2011, a Queensland toddler died after swallowing 12 small magnets.
“Magnets are dangerous,” said Queensland Family and Child Commission Chief Executive Cheryl Vardon.“There’s a lot of information and many warnings around button butteries at this time of the year. But magnets, particularly small…
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