CFA, with a coalition of consumer and product safety advocates, has written a letter to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) applauding the agency’s decision to stop the sale of high-powered magnet sets, sold under the brand name Zen Magnets, on the basis that they represent a “substantial product hazard.” These magnet sets are dangerous, and the CPSC’s action to take them off the market was appropriate, given the harm they pose to children. In addition, to prevent the known harms associated with high-powered magnetic sets, the groups are urging the CPSC to establish a safety standard for small rare-earth magnet sets without delay.
