Congress Passes Bill Named After 18-Month-Old Who Died After Swallowing Battery

CBS News ^ | AUGUST 5, 2022 | Caitlyn O'Kane

[cuban leaf]

Clearly batteries are too dangerous to put in the hands of the average citizen. Then again, maybe they are another enforcement arm of darwin’s law.

[Captain Peter Blood]

They actually needed to have a bill passed for what used to be common sense and just how many people will this save, about 0. I would think this would under the purview of the Consumer Product Safety Commission or the FTC.

Just another worthless piece of paper passed to make everyone feel good about themselves and let the parents of that kid fell good about their own incompetence.

[rxh4n1]

They actually needed to have a bill passed for what used to be common sense and just how many people will this save, about 0. I would think this would under the purview of the Consumer Product Safety Commission or the FTC.

Just another worthless piece of paper passed to make everyone feel good about themselves and let the parents of that kid fell good about their own incompetence.

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Not only that, the negligent parent dodged the blame by becoming an activist for this crap.

[Svartalfiar]

The legislation will create performance standards that require these batteries to be secured, require warning labels and require that the warning labels clearly identify the hazard of ingestion, among other things.

The legislation will undoubtedly save lives, Reese's mother, Trista Hamsmith, said in a statement.

According to https://www.poison.org/battery/stats, there's 2-3 deaths each year from kids eating these batteries. That's it. (~2000 total feedings.) Something tells me that putting a label on the battery package isn't going to help save many, if any, lives. If it's not already obvious to someone that their kid shouldn't eat a battery, I highly doubt they'll be inclined to read yet another safety warning on the package and change their mind!