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 ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - Look around your house. Chances are you’ve got toys and other household items powered by those tiny button-size batteries. What you may not know is that they’re potentially ...

Children can suffer serious or deadly injuries after swallowing button batteries, which power a wide range of household items. Physicians say serious injury can happen within two hours, sometimes ...

California Poison Control System (CPCS) and Valley Children’s Healthcare have teamed up to promote a “Button” Battery Safety campaign. Launching during ...

Doctors are warning parents about how dangerous certain batteries can be for your kids. It comes as new standards and regulations go into effect in the U.S. “It is round, it is shiny, it is nice and ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Energizer has designed a new lithium coin battery that releases a ...

Each year, about 3,500 people swallow what are known as button batteries. Many of them are small children under the age of 5. They're shiny and tiny so kids just put it in their mouths and swallow ...

ATLANTA — Despite new safety laws aimed at protecting children, button and coin cell batteries remain a potentially deadly hazard. A Consumer Reports investigation found that many household items ...