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A mother who lost her little girl after she swallowed a button battery is fighting for change to prevent other tragedies. Thousands of children are treated in emergency rooms every year after ...

The Oklahoma Poison Center is highlighting the dangers associated with button batteries and other hazards that may affect ...

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 ...

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 / ...

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 ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - As gifts are exchanged this holiday season, medical professionals want to remind parents of the risk ...

An increasing number of little children are eating small lithium batteries, also known as "button" batteries, that power many of our consumer devices, with potentially serious consequences, even death ...

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 ...

More than 70,000 children in the past decade went to the emergency room for swallowing batteries, a new study found, a stark increase from the previous decade. Using data from the National Electronic ...

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