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linlam | 18:01 Sun 12th Feb 2006 | Technology
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My husband has asked me to ask you wise people here, if anyone knows if the material that hard drive magnets are made of, are hazzardous or carcinogenic. He has opened a couple of old, broken hard drives and taken the magnets out, which I've been attaching to a couple of weak magnets that kept sliding down my fridge.


He asks because someone told him that they were dangerous, but he'd never heard this.


Thank you.

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They are Neodymium, normally nickel plated too. They are dangerous when your finger is trapped but absolutely fine for a fridge. The large ones can come together so quickly that they shatter, so not suitable for little children.

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