Bill Introduced to Help Prevent Swallowing of Button Cell Batteries
On June 9, 2011, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman Rockefeller (D) introduced a bill to reduce the risk of injury or death to children from ingestion of button cell batteries.
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(Button cell batteries are small and round, and are approximately the size and shape of common coins. They are found in everyday consumer products, such as remote controls, watches, calculators, hand-held video game devices, and a wide range of toys.)
The Button Cell Battery Safety Act of 2011 (S. 1165) would call on the Consumer Product Safety Commission to establish two sets of standards for products containing button cell batteries: (i) a standard for securing button cell battery compartments of consumer products so that small children cannot gain access to the batteries; and (ii) standards for warning labels with the dangers of ingesting button cell batteries to be placed on battery packaging, any literature that is included with a battery-operated product, and where feasible, on the product itself.