Calls to lock down potentially deadly button batteries

An x-ray image show a buttun battery in an oephagus of a child

An x-ray image show a buttun battery in an oephagus of a child Source: SBS

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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Calls to lock down potentially deadly button batteries | SBS Vietnamese