CPSC Joins International Effort to Prevent Button Battery-related Injuries

Thirteen countries and jurisdictions teamed up to make button-battery safety a global priority at a biannual meeting during International Product Safety Week (June 16 to 20).

Increasingly, larger button batteries are used in small electronics that often are left within reach of small children, according to the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), which discussed the dangers associated with these small batteries at a press conference in Brussels, Belgium Tuesday.