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Coin cell safety improvement a world first in Australia
VK3DRB:
Coin cells (button batteries) have killed or seriously injured toddlers who swallow them. New laws are coming in to Australia which enforce button battery compartments to be sealed with a screw and packaging of the batteries to be improved. Great idea :clap:. But I fear that non-compliant product will still be imported in via eBay, just like the non-compliant radios and mains powered devices are today. Still it is a start. The article says it is a world first. It would be good if other countries followed.
Audio here...
https://www.3aw.com.au/australia-introduces-button-battery-standards-to-put-an-end-to-terrible-deaths-and-lifelong-injuries/
The dangers explained...
https://www.productsafety.gov.au/products/electronics-technology/button-batteries
David Hess:
A couple days ago I noticed that you can buy coin cells which are coated in a bitterant to make them taste bad.
ratatax:
"one child a month"
Yeah so who cares. Natural selection. If we needed to prevent any misuse of any product everything would be forbidden, even spoons.
janoc:
What happened to the common sense of keeping small stuff that can be potentially swallowed away from the reach of your toddler? Are they going to legislate that also medicines and magnets must be kept in a locked safe (both can kill if swallowed) and clothing irons and hot water are to be totally verboten if there is a toddler in the household? What about knives? Do they also have to be all dull if there are kids around?
This is a pretty ridiculous answer to this problem, IMO.
richard.cs:
Pretty sure that screws on toy battery compartments (or at least a requirement to need a tool to open) has been in the CE requirements for years, so I'd expect a lot of manufacturers to already be doing it. I like the bitterant idea though.
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