DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Each year nearly 3,000 children are treated in emergency rooms after ingesting a button battery, according to the National Safety Council. Button batteries are roughly the size ...

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 ...

With the holidays upon us, I wanted to share some information about button batteries. My friend’s 5-year-old daughter swallowed one earlier this year. Within two-and-a-half hours, she was in surgery.

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - As gifts are exchanged this holiday season, medical professionals want to remind parents of the risk those tiny “button” batteries pose to their kids. Button batteries are small, ...