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 ...

The Children’s Accident Prevention Trust website has highlighted the potentially fatal dangers of lithium button and coin batteries if swallowed by children Around two children a year die in the UK ...

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 ...

Principal researcher/writer at Which? delivering award-winning health, baby and safety investigations, including our annual sunscreen tests. Which? is warning parents to take care that all products ...

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 / ...

Launched by the Child Accident Prevention Trust (CAPT) and the British and Irish Portable Battery Association (BIPBA), the aim of the campaign is to make those working with children, along with ...

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 ...

Button batteries are a similar size and shape to some sweets, which means they can be easily swallowed by kids BUTTON batteries are used to power a number of things in the home – from toys and key ...

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 ...

The round batteries, small as buttons and shiny as coins, are prized for the energy they pack at their size. In households, they have become commonplace, powering remote controls, hearing aids, toys, ...