Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: Dr. Howard Smith Reports
Episode: Great Lakes Select Button Cell and Coin Batteries Are Not Child-Safe
Description: Vidcast: https://www.instagram.com/p/DRNocT-kVO7/These batteries are not sold in child-resistant packaging and do not include the warning labels required under Reese’s Law. If swallowed, button cell or coin batteries cause severe internal burns and sometimes death.About 32,600 battery packages were sold in the US at Downeast Wholesalers Renys, International Wholesale, Lots & More, Northwoods Wholesale Outlet, a Ben Franklin store in Tennessee, and other retailers nationwide from September 2024 through August 2025.If you bought these battery packs, store the...