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Podcast: Dr. Howard Smith Reports
Episode: Party Favors Lite-Up Torches and Mini Laser Pointers Contain Dangerous Button Batteries
Description: Vidcast:Â https://www.instagram.com/p/DOWnSwaD-9r/These products contain easily accessible button cell batteries that, if swallowed by babies and young children, cause internal chemical burns, serious injuries, or death. Affected are models PF-1082, PF-1227, PF-1153, and PF-1084.About 10,100 of these products were sold in the US at All Star Toys in Brooklyn, New York; Home Bargain and One Dollar Only in San Francisco, California; Dollar Mart in Houston, Texas; and Almacenes Colon in Carolina, Puerto Rico from June 2024 through May 2025.