WHEN little Harper-Lee Fanthorpe kept pointing to her mouth, her mum Stacy Nicklin thought she had tonsillitis. But hours later, the two-year-old began coughing up blood as a button battery she ...

A "button cell" battery is held between a thumb and index finger. If small children swallow them, the batteries can get stuck in the esophagus and cause life-threatening injuries. (Stephanie Pilick / ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — A home kitchen scale from Greater Goods is being recalled. There is nothing wrong with the scale itself, but the battery compartment doesn't meet child resistance regulations. The ...

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 ...

CHARLOTTE — 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 deadly if ...

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 deadly if swallowed. A new ...

ATLANTA — Despite new safety laws aimed at protecting children, button and coin cell batteries remain a potentially deadly hazard. A Consumer Reports investigation found that many household items ...

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 deadly if swallowed. A new ...

A button battery inside a children's book caused a car seat to burst into flames, according to a North Carolina fire department. The George Hildebran Fire & Rescue Department, located in Burke County, ...

The book publisher said it has sold millions of the e-books without incident. A button battery inside a children's book caused a car seat to burst into flames, according to a North Carolina fire ...