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Button batteries

Tests show a large number of household items can have their button batteries removed far too easily, posing a number of potentially lethal hazards to young children.


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By Matt Connellan

Presented by Claudia Farhart

Source: SBS


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Tests show a large number of household items can have their button batteries removed far too easily, posing a number of potentially lethal hazards to young children.



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