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Sony Goes Eco/Human-Friendly With Mercury-Free Battery

Sony Goes Eco/Human-Friendly With Mercury-Free Battery

[ 0 ] June 16, 2009

In an effort to make a product that is much more friendly to the environment, not to mention human beings in general, Japan’s electronic giant Sony has developed a new mercury-free alkaline button battery. Sony announced it’s plans commercialize a total of six different models of batteries that contain no mercury and release the models [...]

Fatal Button-Battery Ingestion Raises Awareness

Fatal Button-Battery Ingestion Raises Awareness

[ 1 ] May 29, 2009

According to the National Capital Poison Center, more than 3,000 people of all ages in the U.S. unintentionally swallow miniature disc or “button” batteries used to power devices such as hearing aids, watches and calculators each year. Of these cases of battery ingestion, sixty-two percent involve children under the age of