Look around your house. Chances are you’ve got toys and other household items powered by those tiny button-size batteries.

Look around your house. Chances are you've got toys and other household items powered by those tiny button-size batteries.

But doctors warn that such "button batteries" can maim and kill. Pop one into your mouth and swallow — as thousands of children do annually — and they can quickly cause devastating injuries.

Despite their small size, these batteries can be powerful and potentially deadly if swallowed, especially by young children.

Button batteries — they’re small devices found in almost every home, and awareness about the dangers they raise to children may be even smaller. The tiny, dime-like pucks cause injuries ...

Greater Goods is recalling 349,500 digital kitchen sales for an ingestion hazard. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission says the product violates fed ...

The Consumer Reports investigation evaluated 31 products powered by button batteries and discovered significant safety concerns.

The Oklahoma Poison Center released a statement on Monday urging parents to secure button batteries before the holidays. “Especially this time of year, batteries come along with gifts.

Despite their small size, these batteries can be powerful and potentially deadly if swallowed, especially by young children.

Look around your house. Chances are you've got toys and other household items powered by those tiny button-size batteries. What you may not know is that they’re potentially deadly if swallowed.