Button battery dangers - big powerful lithium coin cell batteries can badly hurt or kill a small child if they swallow one and it gets stuck in their food pipe. Here are some top tips for keeping children safe:
• Look round your home for lithium coin cell batteries – in products as well as spare and ‘flat’ batteries.
• Keep products well out of children’s reach if the battery compartment isn’t secured.
• Store spare button batteries in a sealed container in a high cupboard.
• Remember that ‘flat’ or ‘dead’ batteries still hold enough power to badly hurt a child. So put them out of children’s reach straight away and recycle them safely and as quickly as possible.
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