Danger Hiding in Plain Sight

Button Batteries and High-Powered Magnets Are Extremely Dangerous

Some common household items may be small, but they pose a sizable injury risk for crawling infants and young children. Seemingly harmless items like watches, toys, electronics, key fobs, hearing aids, and singing greeting cards contain “bite-sized” batteries that can cause serious, even deadly injuries if swallowed or placed in the nose or ear. Like many other small items, these batteries, also called button or coin batteries, are a choking hazard. Along with disc batteries, high-powered magnet toys also pose serious risk. These magnets may also cause devastating, internal damage if swallowed.

It is far easier to prevent a tragedy than to treat one.  Click HERE to read more about the hazards of these common household items.

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