People around the world buy a lot of batteries. In fact, Fortune Business Insights estimates $37 billion worth of consumer batteries will be sold worldwide by the year 2029. The battery market started ...
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 ...
LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - A major change is coming to battery packaging, thanks to the persistence of one Lubbock mom. You may remember Reese Hamsmith, the Lubbock toddler who died after she ingested a ...
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 dangerous. 5 On Your Side's Keely ...
Some light-up skirts sold on Amazon.com or Walmart.com have button batteries that aren't meeting safety standards to protect children, a government safety regulator warns. Button batteries, which are ...
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 ...
Look around your house and chances are you'll find 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 ...
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 / ...