Toddler 'Rushed to the ER’ After Swallowing Button Battery. Nearly 2 Years Later, Mom Says the Recovery Has Been ‘Torture’ (Exclusive) ...

Safe Kids USA and Energizer Join Together to Prevent Button Battery Ingestion “The Battery Controlled” Aims to Save Children’s Lives by Raising Awareness of Growing Issue. Download ...

The button battery, also known as a disc or coin battery, is flat and shiny. They're used mainly for watches, cameras, hearing aids, alarm clocks, bathroom scales, key fobs and other items, but they ...

Button battery ingestion is becoming a big problem not only because of how frequently it is happening, but the complications can be lifelong. Since 2009, the American Academy of Pediatrics reports ...

From 2021 to 2023, the BC Drug and Poison Information Centre managed 159 cases of button battery exposures, with 55% of them involving babies and children ages five and under.

New button battery laws to be introduced after Melbourne mum’s campaign. A Melbourne mum who fought to change national laws after her one-year-old daughter died from ingesting a button battery ...

Suppliers of the button batteries themselves must use packaging that is similarly "child resistant", and all button-battery products must have safety warnings. The new standards come into effect ...