Accidental poisoning of children by button batteries is on the rise, study finds
Despite public information campaigns warning parents about the dangers, visits to emergency rooms as a result of battery poisonings were twice as high from 2010 to 2019 compared with 1990 to 2009, according to the study published Monday in the journal Pediatrics. That’s an average of one battery-related emergency visit every 1.25 hours among children … Read more