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Calls to lock down potentially deadly button batteries

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Doctors and parents are part of a push for tougher safety regulations to protect children from potentially deadly button batteries. The small round batteries have killed two children and are estimated to be responsible for more than a dozen hospitalisations in Australia every week.


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By Helen Isbister, Kruno Martinac

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Doctors and parents are part of a push for tougher safety regulations to protect children from potentially deadly button batteries. The small round batteries have killed two children and are estimated to be responsible for more than a dozen hospitalisations in Australia every week.



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