{"id":39431,"date":"2013-10-31T13:15:51","date_gmt":"2013-10-31T19:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/31\/button-batteries-bad-for-babies.html"},"modified":"2013-11-01T10:21:19","modified_gmt":"2013-11-01T16:21:19","slug":"button-batteries-bad-for-babies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/31\/button-batteries-bad-for-babies.html","title":{"rendered":"Button Batteries Bad for Babies"},"content":{"rendered":"
Okay, that was stretching the alliteration a bit, but let me say it more simply:<\/p>\n

Button (coin, watch, hearing aid) batteries are dangerous for kids to swallow — not just as throat obstructions, but because the batteries actually circuit across saliva and can cause serious, even lethal, internal burns.<\/b> \u00a0Even apparently dead (i.e., without enough power to make your widget work) can cause this problem.<\/p>\n

These kind of batteries are in a ton of household goods, from flashlights to calculators to remote controls to bathroom scales, etc. \u00a0If they are items that your young'uns might get hold of, make sure the battery compartments\u00a0aren't something they can get open.<\/p>\n

This isn't the first time I've head this problem recently. \u00a0Here's hoping people take it seriously.<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Les Jenkins<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

For those of you with small kids, make sure coin batteries stay out of their reach.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n

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Autopsy Shows Toddler Died From Consuming A Battery<\/a>
\n A Las Vegas toddler died a few weeks ago, and the reason for his death wasn’t immediately clear. His illness began when he started coughing blood, and doctors couldn’t figure out what was making th…\n <\/p>\n

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Okay, that was stretching the alliteration a bit, but let me say it more simply: Button (coin, watch, hearing aid) batteries are dangerous for kids to swallow — not just as throat obstructions, but because the batteries actually circuit across saliva and can cause serious, even lethal, internal burns. \u00a0Even apparently dead (i.e., without enough … Continue reading “Button Batteries Bad for Babies”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,20,385],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-39431","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-hi-tech","category-safety"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38499,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/17\/button-battery-button-battery-whos-got-the-button-battery.html","url_meta":{"origin":39431,"position":0},"title":"Button battery, button battery, who's got the button battery?","author":"***Dave","date":"Sat 17-Aug-13 10:45am","format":false,"excerpt":"When I am king of the world and wear a shiny hat, I will personally flog the CEOs of any battery company who does not include the IEC (and, hell, the ANSI) standard designators on their little batteries, rather than just their own freaking internal model number and, every blue\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "~PlusPosts"","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":49907,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/03\/21\/curses-stymied-by-dead-makita-batteries.html","url_meta":{"origin":39431,"position":1},"title":"Curses! 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