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Moonliner · 07-26-2012, 11:19 AM

Grrrrr....

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Originally Posted by News

The Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) ordered a halt to sale of Buckyballs magnetic toys on Wednesday, calling them a serious hazard in the panel's first stop-sale order in 11 years.

What a bunch of hooey!

Here is a response from Buckyballs CEO

Moonliner · 07-31-2012, 07:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Moonliner

Grrrrr....

What a bunch of hooey!

Here is a response from Buckyballs CEO

Interesting related article.

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Dogs are statistically over 120 times more dangerous than Buckyball magnet sets. According to the CDC, out of a population of 100,000 there were 129.3 dog bite related injuries treated in emergency hospital rooms.

Tennis injuries are estimated to be 1,228 per a population of 100,000 making Tennis an astonishing 1,228 times more dangerous than Buckyballs. Soccer, Cheerleading, poisoning through common household chemicals are all over 1,000 times more dangerous than Buckyballs. Skateboarding is 890 times more dangerous.

Kevy Baby · 07-31-2012, 07:56 PM

Well, this just sucks. I just wrote a brilliant well thought-out response to the article pointing out the flaws in the numbers, but it all disappeared (my error).

Bottom line:

The reference to 475.2 million balls (216 per set x 2.2 million sets "in circulation") is pointless. However, he bases his comparisons on the 2.2 million sets, so I will overlook this.
The numbers do not take into account (for example) the number of dogs (78.2 million according to the Humane Society) as compared to the number of Buckyball sets.
The tennis comparison is completely incorrect because it is a well known fact that most people blame their masturbation injuries on tennis.

That being said, Buckyballgate is ridiculous - people need to take responsibility for their own stupidity and stop blaming others.

07-31-2012, 07:56 PM	#3
Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	Well, this just sucks. I just wrote a brilliant well thought-out response to the article pointing out the flaws in the numbers, but it all disappeared (my error). Bottom line: The reference to 475.2 million balls (216 per set x 2.2 million sets "in circulation") is pointless. However, he bases his comparisons on the 2.2 million sets, so I will overlook this. The numbers do not take into account (for example) the number of dogs (78.2 million according to the Humane Society) as compared to the number of Buckyball sets. The tennis comparison is completely incorrect because it is a well known fact that most people blame their masturbation injuries on tennis. That being said, Buckyballgate is ridiculous - people need to take responsibility for their own stupidity and stop blaming others. __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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