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Re: Waterbeads. Likely to be banned

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by: geoff - Sat, 18 Nov 2023 03:00 UTC

On 18/11/2023 12:56 pm, Rich wrote:
> Tiny 1mm beads that inflate to around 1cm when put in water. I guess they present some kind of ingestion hazard.
>
> https://pbase.com/andersonrm/image/174140085
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]It's the end of the world as we know it :-\.....

geoff

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by: geoff - Sat, 18 Nov 2023 11:16 UTC

On 18/11/2023 6:14 pm, Rich wrote:
> On Friday, 17 November 2023 at 22:01:16 UTC-5, geoff wrote:
>> On 18/11/2023 12:56 pm, Rich wrote:
>>> Tiny 1mm beads that inflate to around 1cm when put in water. I guess they present some kind of ingestion hazard.
>>>
>>> https://pbase.com/andersonrm/image/174140085
>>>
>> ]It's the end of the world as we know it :-\.....
>>
>> geoff
>
> They banned "buckyballs" which were small ball bearings made of rare earth magnet material. Seems some kids and moronic teens swallowed some...

They banned "buckyballs" which were small ball bearings made of rare
earth magnet material. Seems some kids and moronic teens swallowed some...

Did they have an actual use, or just gratuitous amusements ?

geoff

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Waterbeads. Likely to be banned	geoff
Waterbeads. Likely to be banned	geoff