Friday, 1 December 2006

Fridge magnets 'can be a killer'

BBC:
Fridge magnets and decorative jewellery could be a killer if you have a weak heart, experts warn.

A strong type of magnet used in many new commercial products can interfere with pacemakers and implanted heart devices with deadly consequences.

Close contact - within about 3cm - with a neodymium magnet is enough to destabilise these life-saving heart devices, Heart Rhythm journal reports.

Magnet mattresses 'could switch off pacemakers'