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Duracell Removes Frosting, Sprinkles To Discourage Kids From Eating Batteries (theonion.com)

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[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 days ago (6 children)

Is this about the whippets or the vapes or something else entirely?

[–] spongebue 22 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Some batteries, particularly those little button/coin ones, are pretty big choking hazards and some are starting to have a bitter coating put on them so if a baby does get their hands on one and tries to eat it, they'll probably spit it back out.

This spoof is pretending that kids were eating batteries because they were so appetizing to begin with with frosting and sprinkles (which I guess may also echo candy flavors of vape juice and vodka for teens being a thing)

[–] cybervseas 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's worse than that 🙁 https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/dangers-of-button-batteries-and-kids

When a button battery mixes with saliva or moist skin tissue in general, it triggers an alkaline (chemical) reaction that can burn the child in as little as one to two hours. Once this reaction starts, it literally liquefies and dissolves/burns the skin. Even worse, if the button battery isn’t removed promptly, the reaction can continue after the battery is removed causing severe damage.

[–] dai 4 points 4 days ago

Yeah when I was in PC retail there was a whole thing about ANYTHING that contains a coin cell battery. RGB remotes, motherboards and a whole host of other devices required stickers / amendments to packaging. This is in Australia btw.

The law came in hard and fast, and lots of vendors were not willing to spend any time on sticking to the law. So... We'd stop buying from those suppliers until they'd do the minimum.

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