Products with lithium batteries to have a child-safe fastening and quantum coat

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Products with lithium batteries to have a child-safe fastening and quantum coat

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Rising incidence of 'button batteries' containing lithium manganese cause serious/fatal injuries in children. There are 3,000 ingestions of these batteries p.a. and 48 deaths. The NHS recently issued a public announcement re dangers, following 5 serious injuries and 1 fatality in NW England alone.

Additional Information

1) The incidence of button battery injuries in the North West of England:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-29610570

2) http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-2969115/How-small-batteries-new-child-killer-look-innocuous-cause-utterly-horrific-internal-burns.html

3) Statistical analysis:
www.poison.org/battery/fatalcases

4) http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/two-year-old-girl-dies-after-swallowing-button-battery-over-christmas-in-us-a6793846.html

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