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 / ...
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — As the holiday season approaches, many toys and decorations use small – but powerful – button cell batteries, which can be hazardous to children. Parents need to remain vigilant ...
The new battery by Energizer, with “color alert technology,” comes nearly two years after a report warned that more children were swallowing batteries. By Aimee Ortiz Almost two years after a report ...
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 ...
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 ...