[CRNMC] Fwd: Duracell

[Beth Brenneman]

*This is horrible!  Please pass it on.*
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From: Carys Afoko, SumOfUs.org <us at sumofus.org>
Date: Tue, Oct 4, 2016 at 5:42 AM
Subject: Duracell
To: Beth Brenneman <storyteller2069 at gmail.com>


*Duracell’s button batteries burn through a toddler’s throat in 15 minutes
flat. *

Safe technology already exists -- but Duracell is refusing to switch. A
massive public outcry can force it to protect children.* Let’s demand it
ditch killer batteries now.*
Sign the petition
<https://act.sumofus.org/go/349786?t=1&akid=23152.5687069.UItwbO>

Beth,

*Fifteen minutes. That’s how long a single Duracell button battery takes to
burn through the throat of a toddler.*

Duracell’s small lithium button batteries, used in toys, watches and
remotes, are easily swallowed and can kill children -- or leave them unable
to speak or eat without help for the rest of their lives.

Duracell can stop this. *Engineers invented safe button batteries years
ago, but Duracell is still refusing to switch to them.* Instead, it is
passing responsibility onto parents, telling them to just be careful. A
massive public outcry can force Duracell to switch now to save children.

Duracell: switch to safe button batteries now.
<https://act.sumofus.org/go/349786?t=2&akid=23152.5687069.UItwbO>

Children are naturally curious and put household objects in their mouths.
But here is the scary thing: the energy from the battery make the body
create an acid that* can burn a hole through the throat and lead to serious
internal bleeding and death.*

And it takes as little as 15 minutes.

Hospitals are reporting a surge in button battery incidents, and that's why
we need to force Duracell to act now.

*Duracell makes enough profit that it can afford to switch to safer
technology immediately. It is not enough to use warning stickers or to tell
parents to use sticky tape to seal batteries.* Duracell has to take
responsibility for its dangerous, child-harming batteries now.

Demand Duracell stop ignoring the dangers and switch to safe button
batteries. <https://act.sumofus.org/go/349786?t=3&akid=23152.5687069.UItwbO>

Thanks for all you do,

Carys, Hanna, Emma and the SumOfUs team



**********
More information:

Button batteries pose 'deadly' risk to toddlers
<http://act.sumofus.org/go/349787?t=4&akid=23152.5687069.UItwbO>, BBC, 22nd
September 2016
Keep button batteries away from children, doctors warn parents
<https://act.sumofus.org/go/349788?t=5&akid=23152.5687069.UItwbO>, The
Guardian, 22nd September 2016
Lithium Coin Battery Safety
<https://act.sumofus.org/go/349789?t=6&akid=23152.5687069.UItwbO>,
Duracell, accessed 29th September 2016




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