A new law requires more secure battery compartments, but gaps remain. Here’s how to keep your family safe. Button cell, or coin cell, batteries are ubiquitous in toys and household products. They’re ...

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 ...

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 ...

They are found in items you use every day: Your TV remote, musical greeting cards, the control for your fan, your car’s keyless remote, and even some of your kids’ toys. Button batteries come in ...

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — Kids across Rhode Island will be waking up Friday morning and unwrapping the gifts Santa left under the Christmas tree, but there could be a hidden danger within some of ...

The number of children being sent to the emergency room after swallowing small lithium batteries – also known as “button” batteries – has more than doubled in the last decade, a new study has found.

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Each year nearly 3,000 children are treated in emergency rooms after ingesting a button battery, according to the National Safety Council. Button batteries are roughly the size ...

Twice as many kids needed treatment after putting button batteries in their mouths, noses and ears compared with the previous decade, a new study says. Here’s how to prevent it, and what to do if it ...

Button batteries are everywhere: remote controls, key fobs, greeting cards, kitchen scales, tea light candles, watches, toys and hearing aids. And, increasingly, they are making their way into the ...

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 ...