The increase is in line with trends seen in the US where serious child ingestion accidents involving the small batteries have increased sevenfold over the past 20 years
Rail strikes will 'punish millions of innocent people', govt warns - but Labour claims PM wants it to happen"I saw him put something in his mouth and he made a strange face, kind of like he's eating a lemon for the first time," she recalls.Hollie said she thought Ralphie had eaten a piece of cereal but within minutes he became very unwell.
"We went down for an X-ray and by the time we came back up they said to me, it is a button battery and if your son does not have surgery now, he will die very soon." Duracell has launched a new public health campaign that encourages parents to check for dangerous batteries in the home. Emma Hammett, CEO of First Aid for Life, said batteries mixed with saliva release a chemical found commonly in drain cleaners.This is the damage that a button battery did to a piece of meat after 90 minutes
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