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Duracell Removes Frosting, Sprinkles To Discourage Kids From Eating Batteries (theonion.com)

submitted 7 months ago by RmDebArc_5@sh.itjust.works to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] cybervseas@lemmy.world 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

It's worse than that 🙁 https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/dangers-of-button-batteries-and-kids

When a button battery mixes with saliva or moist skin tissue in general, it triggers an alkaline (chemical) reaction that can burn the child in as little as one to two hours. Once this reaction starts, it literally liquefies and dissolves/burns the skin. Even worse, if the button battery isn’t removed promptly, the reaction can continue after the battery is removed causing severe damage.

[–] dai@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

Yeah when I was in PC retail there was a whole thing about ANYTHING that contains a coin cell battery. RGB remotes, motherboards and a whole host of other devices required stickers / amendments to packaging. This is in Australia btw.

The law came in hard and fast, and lots of vendors were not willing to spend any time on sticking to the law. So... We'd stop buying from those suppliers until they'd do the minimum.