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Lithium in your stomach? Seriously? Button batteries are a real risk for kids. They have died eating them. For any parent out there it's scary, button batterie

• taneq 10y ago
  That's a terrible story. :( And a timely reminder that 'non-toxic' doesn't mean 'edible'. It seems like a heartless nitpick but the reason button cells are dangerous is because they're batteries, not because of their constituent chemicals. The electric current they generate electrolyzes water producing highly corrosive hydroxide. A running blender isn't poisonous either, but you wouldn't eat one.
• ClassyJacket 10y ago
  SOME Lithium in your stomach is safe, and in some circumstances is arguably safer than none, as it's an effective, prescribed antidepressant. But I don't advocate eating batteries. Just saying that Lithium isn't poison in certain quantities.