A Texas mother turned her 18-month-old daughter's death after swallowing a button battery into a push for safer batteries.

Energizer has announced new batteries that they claim are more child safe. The Ultimate Child Shield Batteries are 20 mm lithium batteries made from a specific titanium alloy material instead of ...

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 ...

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BATON ROUGE, La. (WAFB) - 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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Your kid is about to get some new battery-operated toys. Here's how to keep them safe. (Getty Images) (OlegMalyshev via Getty ...

Energizer’s new Ultimate Child Shield coin lithium batteries have multiple safety features designed to protect children. They ...

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 ...

The Oklahoma Poison Center released a statement on Monday urging parents to secure button batteries before the holidays. “Especially this time of year, batteries come along with gifts. A lot of our ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Experts say this 3-layered safety design should help to keep kids from ingesting the batteries. Every year, tiny button or coin ...

Trista Hamsmith has been working with Energizer for the last four years on a new product release following the death of her ...