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Bob, don't take my word for it, but when we looked at this in the
early 90's we found that pacemakers and the like were extremely well
shielded....however, I'm no expert - the easiest thing? If you have
a physician on the Board, ask them to ask the cardiologists....
On Aug 12, 2009, at 3:37 PM, Bob Raiselis wrote:
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> Does anyone indicate the presence of magnets on their exhibit floor
> to visitors? We had a question about magnets from a visitor the
> other day (whose child has a pacemaker) and wondered if anyone else
> put up signs or had a sign at the front desk about magnets. Not MRI
> strength, but evidently even refrigerator magnets can cause some
> problems if they are close enough. We have a few exhibits with
> small tethered magnets.
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> thanks
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> Bob Raiselis
> Montshire Museum of Science
> Norwich VT
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