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If Your Child Swallows a Button Battery, It’s an Emergency

There are around 6,000 pediatric ER visits for button battery ingestion every year in the United States. If you even suspect your child may have swallowed a button battery, take them to the emergency ...
WMUR

Consumer Reports warns of button battery risks in household items

PUTTING YOUR FAMILY AT RISK. BUTTON AND COIN CELL BATTERIES ARE TINY BUT POWERFUL. YOU CAN FIND THEM IN EVERYTHING FROM TEA LIGHTS TO TOYS AND IN THE HANDS OF YOUNG CHILDREN. THEY’RE UNIQUELY ...
Yahoo

Button batteries pose deadly risks to children. Doctors want them to be made safer

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A "button cell" battery is held between a thumb and index finger. If small children swallow them, the batteries can get stuck in ...
Consumer Reports

One-Third of Toys and Household Items With Button-Sized Batteries CR Tested Pose a Hazard to Children

Cute strings of fairy lights, little flameless candles, goofy flashing headbands and dress-up clothes, and tons of toys that blink, beep, and buzz. Around the holidays especially, the market is awash ...