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Consumer Reports: A button-sized battery safety warning

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

A "button cell" battery is held between a thumb and index finger. If small children swallow them, the batteries can get stuck in the esophagus and cause life-threatening injuries. (Stephanie Pilick / ...
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Insider First Look: The danger of button batteries

We have a really important story for anyone who is around young children. Mary Baer recently sat down with a local family whose 10-month-old accidentally swallowed a lithium button battery. It’s those ...
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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 ...
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Batteries can cause choking and burns if swallowed. Here's what to know before you hand out those new toys.

Your kid is about to get some new battery-operated toys. Here's how to keep them safe. (Getty Images) (OlegMalyshev via Getty Images) No matter how many Montessori-style wooden toys a baby has, ...
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5 ON YOUR SIDE: Safety around button batteries

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 swallowed. A new ...
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Consumer Reports warns about these tiny button-size batteries

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — 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 ...
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 ...
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LR44 Battery Equivalents: These May Be The Best Alternatives

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. LR44 batteries are a particular variety of button-cell battery. You've almost definitely seen them before; they're those little cap-shaped ...
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Consumer Reports: Button battery safety warning

LAS VEGAS, Nev. (CONSUMER REPORTS) - 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 ...