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New rules to prevent child deaths from button batteries
At least one child a month sustains a serious injury after swallowing a button battery, prompting safety standards aimed at saving lives.Assistant Treasurer Michael Sukkar introduced the long-awaited mandatory safety and information standards on Monday.
This follows the death of three children from swallowing button batteries since December 2017.
At least 44 kids have also suffered severe injuries, some of them lifelong, following the ingestion or insertion of button batteries.
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