Los Angeles Times

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

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 ...
East Idaho News on MSN

Mom shares urgent warning for parents after baby swallows battery and spends 48 days in the hospital

A mom's toddler spent 48 days in the hospital after swallowing a button battery. Learn the signs, act fast, and avoid a ...
Yahoo

Toddler 'Rushed to the ER’ After Swallowing Button Battery. Nearly 2 Years Later, Mom Says the Recovery Has Been ‘Torture’ (Exclusive)

Allen noticed something was wrong with Asa and rushed him to the hospital. It would be one of many trips they would take Now, she's using her platform on TikTok to raise awareness of the dangers of ...
ABC News

Button battery inside children's book causes car seat fire: Officials

The book publisher said it has sold millions of the e-books without incident. A button battery inside a children's book caused a car seat to burst into flames, according to a North Carolina fire ...
WSOC-TV

Button battery safety warning

CHARLOTTE — 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 deadly if ...
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 ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Button batteries send about 20 kids to hospital in Australia each week, despite new safety rules

Small, shiny button batteries are easy to find in Australian homes, and they have caused immeasurable pain to families across the country. About 20 children present to hospital emergency departments ...
11Alive

Review of products finds many have button batteries 'dangerously accessible' as choking hazard, despite new law

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 ...
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 ...
Couriermail

Parents warned of button battery danger after Summer Steer death inquest

The three-year-old from the Sunshine Coast became the first child to die in Australia from swallowing a lithium battery, also known as a button battery, in 2013. A coronial inquest into Summer’s death ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Button battery safety standards come into effect next week, nine years after first child death

Andrea Shoesmith has been campaigning for action to prevent children swallowing button batteries since her daughter died nine years ago, and next week she will finally see change. Button batteries are ...